Yudkevich / Altbach / Rumbley Young Faculty in the Twenty-First Century

International Perspectives
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5728-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Global Issues in Higher Education

Demonstrates how the success of universities depends on the working conditions of the younger academic generation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yudkevich, Maria

Altbach, Philip G.

Rumbley, Laura E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Logic and Organization of the Book

1. Building an Academic Career: A Twenty-First Challenge
Philip G. Altbach

2. Brazil: Opportunities and Challenges for the New Generation in a Diverse Academic Environment
Elizabeth Balbachevsky

3. Conditions and Opportunities for New Faculty in Higher Education in Mainland China
Qi Wang, Yi Li, and Nian Cai Liu

4. France: Long Waiting Lists Despite Minimally Attractive Academic Positions
Christine Musselin

5. Entering Academia: Realities for New Faculty in German Higher Education
Barbara M. Kehm

6. Entering an Expanding Academia: The New Generation Faculty India
N. Jayaram

7. The Academic Career System in Norway
Svein Kyvik

8. Young Doctorates in a Fast-Changing Higher Education System: The Case of Portugal
Hugo Horta and Sandra Hasanfendic

9. The University Sector in Russia: Young Romantics and Losers Welcome?
Maria Yudkevich

10. Challenges and Opportunities for New Faculty in South African Higher Education
Chika Sehoole and Emmanuel Oluseun Ojo

11. “Do I Still Want to be a Professor and, If So, Can I?” Entering the American Academic Profession in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Martin J. Finkelstein

12. Future Prospects for Young Faculty Across the Academic World: A global Comparison and Assessment
Martin J. Finkelstein, Kevin W. Inglesias, Anna Panova, and Maria Yudkevich

Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Maria Yudkevich is Vice Rector and Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. She is the coeditor (with Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Gregory Androushchak, and Iván F. Pacheco) of Paying the Professoriate: A Global Comparison of Compensation and Contracts. Philip G. Altbach is Research Professor and Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. He is the author and editor of many books, including (with William A. Smith and Kofi Lomotey) The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education: Continuing Challenges for the Twenty-First Century, Revised Edition, also published by SUNY Press. Laura E. Rumbley is Lecturer and Associate Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, and coauthor (with Philip G. Altbach and Liz Reisberg) of Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution.