Paths to the Professoriate Strategies for Enriching the Preparation of Future Faculty

"The next generation of college and university faculty members will face many new challenges and opportunities-from enhancing teaching and learning among an increasingly diverse student population, to utilizing new teaching and learning technologies for preparing students to pursue rapidly evolving career options on domestic and global scales. This volume addresses these challenges and provides insights into what the nation's graduate schools must do in order to prepare this new faculty for a new generation." -Orlando L. Taylor, vice provost for research, and dean, Graduate School, Howard University "Exceptionally stimulating and comprehensive, Paths to the Professoriate offers a synthesis of research findings on the graduate student experience and provides vivid examples of a number of models of good practice in graduate education." -Mary Deane Sorcinelli, associate provost and director, Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts-Amherst "By highlighting key findings from significant national studies and describing innovative strategies that are improving doctoral education, this book is an indispensable tool for current and future faculty members." -Anika E. Sandy-Hanson, past president, National Association of Graduate-Professional Students "The foundation of research-driven evidence coupled with practical experiences provides the tools we need to change graduate education to better fit with the needs of hiring institutions and the new Ph.D.'s who will work there." -Caral B. Howery, deputy executive officer, American Sociological AssociationWulff, Donald H. is the author of 'Paths to the Professoriate Strategies for Enriching the Preparation of Future Faculty', published 2004 under ISBN 9780787966348 and ISBN 0787966347.