TY  - BOOK
AU  - Neumann,Anna
TI  - Professing to Learn: Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University
SN  - 9780801896408
AV  - LB1778.2 .N475 2009 
U1  - 378.1/2 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - College teachers-Vocational guidance-United States
KW  - Scholars-Vocational guidance-United States
KW  - College teachers-Tenure-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Into the Middle: Mapping the Early Post-Tenure Career in the Research University -- 2 The Heart of the Matter: Passionate Thought and Scholarly Learning -- 3 Mindwork: What and How Professors Strive to Learn -- 4 Location: Where Professors Pursue Their Scholarly Learning -- 5 Becoming Strategic: Recently Tenured University Professors as Agents of Scholarly Learning -- 6 Organizing to Learn: What Universities Provide for Professors' Scholarly Learning -- 7 The Middle Remapped: Toward an Ecology of Learning in the Early Post-Tenure Career -- Appendix A: Study Designs and Background Data -- Appendix B: Interview Protocols and Consent Forms for the Four Universities Project -- Appendix C: Framework: University Professors' Scholarly Learning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
N2  - By exploring the intellectual activities pursued by these faculty and their ongoing efforts to develop and define their academic interests, Professing to Learn directs the attention of higher education professionals and policy makers to the core aim of higher education: the creation of academic knowledge through research, teaching, and service
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