Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2018
Publication Title
ÄLDRE NUMMER
Volume
8
Issue
2
First Page
47
Last Page
50
Abstract
I entered the academy having inherited a particular view of higher education from my mentors. They informed me about what I would face if I were lucky enough to land a teaching position. Not surprisingly, what they shared with me was an accurate foretelling of what I have experienced, including the exhausting Retention, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT) process, with its focus on research, teaching, and service – and ranked in that order!
It was after a quarter century of being a professor that I was fortunate enough to stumble upon The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber, a book that expresses much of what I have found wanting in academic life.
Recommended Citation
Rory J. Conces (2018) «Review of The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy», Högre utbildning, 8(2), 47–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.23865/hu.v8.1293
Comments
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