Young Faculty In The Twenty-first Century: International Perspectives (suny Series In Global Issues In Higher Education)

Young faculty are the future of academia, yet without attractive career paths for young academics, the future of the university is bleak. Featuring case studies from Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, and the United States,__Young Faculty in the Twenty-First Century__is the first book to analyze issues facing early-career higher education faculty in an international context. The contributors discuss how young academics are affected by contracts, salaries, the structure of careers, and institutional conditions. The analyses cover the full spectrum of the academic profession, including part-time jobs and short-term contracts, both in public and private institutions. The book also addresses what universities must do in order to attract young, qualified candidates. Building an academic career : a 21st-century challenge / Philip G. Altbach Brazil : opportunities and challenges for the new generation in a diverse academic environment / Elizabeth Balbachevsky Conditions and opportunities for new faculty in higher education in mainland China / Qi Wang, Yi Li and Nian Cai Liu France : long waiting lists despite minimally attractive academic positions / Christine Musselin Entering academia : realities for new faculty in German higher education / Barbara M. Kehm Entering an expanding academia : the new generation of faculty in India / N. Jayaram The academic career system in Norway / Svein Kyvik Young doctorates in a fast-changing higher education system : the case of Portugal / Hugo Horta and Sandra Hasanefendic The university sector in Russia : young romantics and losers welcome? / Maria Yudkevich Challenges and opportunities for new faculty in South African higher education / Chika Sehoole and Emmanuel Oluseun Ojo "Do I still want to be a professor and, if so, can I?" : entering the American academic profession in the first decade of the 21st century / Martin J. Finkelstein Future prospects for young faculty across the academic world : a global comparison and assessment / Martin J. Finkelstein, Kevin W. Iglesias, Anna Panova and Maria Yudkevich. Young faculty are the future of academia, yet without attractive career paths for young academics, the future of the university is bleak. Featuring case studies from Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, and the United States, Young Faculty in the Twenty-First Century is the first book to analyze issues facing early-career higher education faculty in an international context. The contributors discuss how young academics are affected by contracts, salaries, the structure of careers, and institutional conditions. The analyses cover the full spectrum of the academic profession, including part-time jobs and short-term contracts, both in public and private institutions. The book also addresses what universities must do in order to attract young, qualified candidates.