Academic Environment: A Handbook For Evaluating Employment Opportunities In Science

by Karl W. Lanks

Overview

This handbook deals with contracts, evaluating job offers, lawsuits, and deciding when to leave an institution. It provides an objective system that can be used to evaluate the atmosphere and working conditions in any academic or industrial environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560324225
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/21/1995
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 The academic environment: the offer; the contract; lawsuits; leaving; training. Part 2 Subjective evaluation of the academic environment: US medical schools; alternatives. Part 3 Objective evaluation of the academic environment: productivity; productivity versus atmosphere; quality.

Editorial Reviews

Draws on a survey of some 1,500 faculty and professional staff of North American research and teaching institutions to provide a rating system to judge the atmosphere, working conditions, and productivity of an academic or industrial environment. Explains how to evaluate job offers and understand contracts, and discusses aspects of the academic environment such as career development and job satisfaction. Includes information on publication rates and NIH grant support for selected institutions, and a questionnaire for rating institutions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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