Author Description

[This book] offers a realistic yet encouraging and optimistic look at the academic profession, from preparation in graduate school through to tenured service. Professor Emeritus Rheingold... shares with the reader a wealth of experience from a long, varied, and distinguished career.... The reader will profit from several supplemental readings that introduce other professional voices and complementary advice on a variety of pertinent topics. /// Undergraduate and graduate students as well as professors in the early stages of their careers will benefit greatly from the comprehensive overview of the academic life presented in these pages. Mid-career and tenured academicians will find renewed inspiration as they enter upon ever-evolving tasks and responsibilities to the individuals, institutions, and society that they serve. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).