The age-old challenge of navigating the academy to gain tenure still persists. While today more doors are open for a diverse talent pool, successfully breaking down barriers requires understanding how to maneuver around pitfalls throughout all stages of one's career. While tenure continues to be the major priority for junior professors, long-term…

Information is presented on a study examining how an individually-based measure of career plateau compares with the traditional job tenure conceptualization in their relationships with hypothesized plateau outcomes. Participants in the study were baccalaureate graduates from Michigan State University who took part in a career development study.…

The paper considers new career patterns that may be developing for individuals in the academic profession. Data were collected from 293 men and women doctoral recipients in the years 1963-65 and 1970-72 in nine fields from three prestigious universities. The relationship between academic careers and family responsibilities from the time…

Interviews with new faculty and graduate students regarding their career needs and desires identified concerns in the following areas: the tenure process; alternative career paths; the two-tiered academic labor market; professional development opportunities and post-tenure review; better graduate school preparation; and integration of personal and…

The constriction in career opportunities has increased competition in academe. Strategies, moves, and maneuvers toward advancement and promotion are offered. Included is information on relating institutional goals to personal goals, career planning, and dossier building. (Author/JMD)

The nine narratives in this book document the experiences and insights of women academics as they relate to the personal choices, trade-offs, risks, and chances they faced at various career stages. The contributions of the early career women focus primarily on issues relating to completing their dissertations and landing their first job, and…