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Advice on careers at community colleges
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Are you going to be the kind of administrator who is suspicious of faculty members?
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More Ph.D.'s seem to be viewing a job at a community college as a way to move up to a four-year college, but is that realistic?
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Can a professor, with the help of some high-tech bells and whistles, turn his Honda Civic of a course into a street racer?
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Administrators need to abandon their fixation on "customer service" and focus instead on the concept of "professional service."
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Anyone who believes that only "hard" teachers get bad evaluations is probably getting bad evaluations.
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Besides teaching and service, faculty members at community colleges are evaluated on their professional development, which can include publishing.
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What counts, and what doesn't, when it comes to the service work faculty members must do to earn tenure at a community college?
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A professor in his 30s begins wearing a hearing aid and worries how he will be perceived on the campus.
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What do you have to do, as a faculty member at a community college, to keep your job and excel at it?
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A debate at a community college over which faculty members deserve promotion to full professor turns ugly.
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The odds are against candidates who are unfamiliar with our values and don't speak our lingo.
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Contrary to what many faculty members believe, being a department head isn't really a death sentence.
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You're teaching a night class when a student confesses to suicidal thoughts. The counseling office is closed. What should you do?
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The truth about community-college students often flies in the face of long-established stereotypes.
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The Ph.D. who believes that the community-college track couldn't possibly be a viable alternative to the four-year route is missing out.
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The master's degree is not just a cash cow or a consolation prize. It's the key to improving history education for all.
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Sometimes declining a student's request is the right thing to do -- for the administrator, the institution, and the student.
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Too many community colleges put themselves at a serious disadvantage in recruiting with perfunctory job interviews.
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Why do so many community-college instructors who go back to graduate school find it tedious and unrewarding?
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The paperwork, stress, and tedium may dissuade you from administrative work, but the money isn't the only reason you should reconsider.
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In giving a eulogy for a former student, a writing instructor is reminded about the reciprocity of teaching.
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About to serve on a search committee at a community college? Here are two common complaints to avoid.
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A veteran of the two-year-college market mulls the advantages for applicants prepared to teach in more than one field.
Resources:
Library:
Landing your first job
On the tenure track
Mid-career and on
Administrative careers
Nonacademic careers for
Ph.D.'s
Talk about your career
Elsewhere Online:
New York Times
Associated Press
University Affairs