Promotion and Tenure Confidential (Cietie vāki)

Sitting down with a young and brilliant mathematician, I asked what he thought were his biggest problems in working toward tenure. Instead of describing difficulties with his equations or his software programs, he lamented that (a) his graduate assistant wasn't completing his tasks on time, (b) his department chair didn't seem to care if junior faculty obtained grants, and (c) a senior professor kept glaring at him in faculty meetings. He knew he could handle the intellectual side of being an academic?but what about the people side? ?Why didn't they offer ?Being a Professor 101? in graduate school?' he wondered.? Promotion and Tenure Confidential provides that course in an astute and practical book, which shows that P&T is not just about research, teaching, and service but also about human relations and political good sense. Drawing on research and extensive interviews with junior and senior faculty across many institutions, David D. Perlmutter provides clear-sighted guidance on planning and managing an academic career, from graduate school to tenure and beyond. Topics include:making the transformation from student and protégé to teacher and mentorseeking out and holding onto lifelong allieshow to manage your online reputation and avoid ?death by Google?what to say and what not to say to deans and department chairshow meeting deadlines wins points with everyone in your lifehow, when, and to whom to say ?no?when and how to look for a new job when you have a jobhow (and whom) to ask for letters of recommendationwhat to do if you know you're not going to get tenure|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/01ec2c2d/promotion-and-tenure-confidential-david-d-perlmutter-9780674048782.jpg|9780674048782|Promotion and Tenure Confidential : Hardback : Harvard University Press : 9780674048782 : 02 Nov 2010 : A practical book, which shows that P and T is not just about research, teaching, and service but also about human relations and political good sens ...|new|1|1|3|25.95|0|GBP|David D. Perlmutter|Harvard University Press|02 Nov 2010|Higher & further education, tertiary education ... 9780674049635|Admiral Bill Halsey|26.60|https://wordery.com/admiral-bill-halsey-thomas-alexander-hughes-9780674049635|William Halsey was the most famous naval officer of World War II. His fearlessness in carrier raids against Japan, his steely resolve at Guadalcanal, and his impulsive blunder at the Battle of Leyte Gulf made him the ""Patton of the Pacific"" and solidified his reputation as a decisive, aggressive fighter prone to impetuous errors of judgment in the heat of battle. In this definitive biography, Thomas Hughes punctures the popular caricature of the ""fighting admiral"" to reveal the truth of Halsey's personal and professional life as it was lived in times of war and peace. Halsey, the son of a Navy officer whose alcoholism scuttled a promising career, committed himself wholeheartedly to naval life at an early age. An audacious and inspiring commander to his men, he met the operational challenges of the battle at sea against Japan with dramatically effective carrier strikes early in the war. Yet his greatest contribution to the Allied victory was as commander of the combined sea, air, and land forces in the South Pacific during the long slog up the Solomon Islands chain, one of the war's most daunting battlegrounds. Halsey turned a bruising slugfest with the Japanese navy into a rout. Skillfully mediating the constant strategy disputes between the Army and the Navy--as well as the clashes of ego between General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz--Halsey was the linchpin of America's Pacific war effort when its outcome was far from certain.""--Provided by publisher."