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xxiv, 245 pages ; 21 cm. |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Rethinking careers, rethinking academia
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : finding and defining the independent scholar / Christine Caccipuoti and Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge -- From ancient texts to digital tech / Alison Innes -- In the borderland : navigating between community college and dual-credit high school / Joshua Hevert -- So you want to teach history, but not in a classroom? / Allyson Schettino -- From the ivory tower to the playground / Dayanna Knight -- Footnoting history for the public / Christine Caccipuoti and Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge -- An independent scholar of art history outside the academy and museum / Laura A. Macaluso -- Academia didn't have a place for me, so I created my own academy / Danielle T. Slaughter -- Burn it down : from adjunct to university staff to stay-at-home mom / Katherine Anderson Howell -- Being a full-time parent and a part-time scholar / Valerie Schutte -- From the university to freedom : freeing the PhD, solving an identity crisis / Vay Cao. |
| Summary |
"Given the current state of the academic job market, many academics who had perhaps originally aimed for university employment are becoming independent scholars-people who continue to work in their academic field but do so with no academic affiliation. Others simply choose not to pursue a career in academia. But being an independent scholar is often a lonely journey, and independent scholars are often considered "less than" because they have no academic affiliation. The contributors to Independent Scholars Meet the World offer the kind of help and advice they wish they had received when setting out on their own paths, such as the importance of networking; remembering that "Leaving is an option, not a failure," and assurance that independent scholars have value"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Independent scholars.
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Learning and scholarship.
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Learning and scholarship. (OCoLC)fst00994857
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| Added Author |
Caccipuoti, Christine, editor.
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Keohane-Burbridge, Elizabeth, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780700629909 (cloth) |
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0700629904 |
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9780700629916 (paperback) |
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0700629912 |
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9780700629923 (epub) |
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