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This expanded edition of a celebrated book by philosopher and educator Steven M. Cahn offers sound advice on building a successful academic career. He explains how to plan, complete, and defend a dissertation; how to handle interviews for academic positions; how to improve your teaching; how to prepare and publish research; how to develop a professional network; and how to garner support for earning tenure. Whether you are considering enrolling in graduate school, seeking an academic position, or balancing the demands of a professorial career, you will find valuable guidance in Cahn's insightful account of the ways of academia.

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"""Steven M. Cahn has had a long and distinguished career. Widely published, he is a philosopher and an astute student of education. He has also served as a leading administrator in foundations, government, and universities. In this book he devotes his wisdom and experience to the task of providing a road map for the men and women who want to join an ancient and usually honorable company--that of scholars and teachers."" --Catharine R. Stimpson, university professor, professor of English, and dean emerita of the Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University ""Steven M. Cahn's guide to becoming a scholar-teacher is at once wise, pragmatic, and personal."" --Mary Ann Caws, distinguished professor emerita of comparative literature, English, and French, City University of New York Graduate Center"

"""Steven M. Cahn has had a long and distinguished career. Widely published, he is a philosopher and an astute student of education. He has also served as a leading administrator in foundations, government, and universities. In this book he devotes his wisdom and experience to the task of providing a road map for the men and women who want to join an ancient and usually honorable company--that of scholars and teachers."" --Catharine R. Stimpson, university professor, professor of English, and dean emerita of the Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University ""Steven M. Cahn's guide to becoming a scholar-teacher is at once wise, pragmatic, and personal."" --Mary Ann Caws, distinguished professor emerita of comparative literature, English, and French, City University of New York Graduate Center"

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Steven M. Cahn is professor emeritus of philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he served for nearly a decade as provost and vice president for academic affairs, then as acting president. He taught at Dartmouth College, Vassar College, New York University, the University of Rochester, and the University of Vermont, where he chaired the Department of Philosophy. He is the author or editor of more than seventy books.

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