a portable mentor for scholars from graduate school through tenure /
John A. Goldsmith, John Komlos and Penny Schine Gold
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2001
xx, 310 p. ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and index
Deciding on an academic career -- Entering graduate school ; The inside track: financing graduate education / by Tom Thuerer -- The mentor -- Writing a dissertation -- Landing an academic job ; The inside track: leaving academia for the corporate world / by Ami Kronfeld -- The life of the assistant professor -- Teaching and research ; The inside track: publishing the first book / by Colin Day -- Tenure -- Competition in the university system and outside offers ; The inside track: consulting and intellectual property / by Pierre Laszlo -- Family, gender, and the personal side of academic life