Herb Childress: 2 books
The PhDictionary
A Glossary of Things You Don't Know (but Should) about Doctoral and Faculty Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Navigating academia can seem like a voyage through a foreign land: strange cultural rules dictate everyday interactions, new vocabulary awaits at every turn, and the feeling of being an outsider is unshakable. For students considering doctoral programs and doctoral students considering faculty life,...
The Adjunct Underclass
How America’s Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2019
Class ends. Students pack up and head back to their dorms. The professor, meanwhile, goes to her car . . . to catch a little sleep, and then eat a cheeseburger in her lap before driving across the city to a different university to teach another, wholly different class. All for a paycheck that, once...