Preparing Graduate Students for Successful Faculty Careers: A Course Focusing on the Tricks of the Trade

Abstract

This article focuses on how we can enhance the preparation of our graduate students for future faculty careers. It describes a course in a professional program that highlights the subjective characteristics of the faculty position that go beyond the traditional elements of research, teaching and service. The course looks at the origins of the US education system and its underlying philosophies, and compares the US system to higher education systems abroad. It discusses the internal politics of academia, in particular when it comes to the job application process and promotion and tenure decisions and

Keywords:Graduate course, graduate students, history and politics of higher education, academic hiring process, P&T

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-1-08

Publication date: January 31^st 2023