Robin Matross Helms

Inhabiting the Borders (eBook, ePUB)

Foreign Language Faculty in American Colleges and Universities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the experience of foreign language faculty in American colleges and universities, the challenges they face, and ways that academia can better support language faculty, and marginalized faculty in other fields, in their important work.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000143829
• Artikelnr.: 60394244

Autorenporträt

Robin Matross Helms holds an A.B. degree in East Asian Studies from Princeton University, and M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Boston College, where she worked in the Center for International Higher Education. She has also worked for Concordia Language Villages, EF Foundation for Foreign Study, and other organizations in the field of international education. Robin currently lives in Washington, DC, and works at the Institute of International Education.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Literature Review
Chapter Three Methodology
Chapter Four Foreign Language Faculty: A Comparative Profile
Chapter Five Women in the Profession: Plus ca change
Chapter Six Hao, ma? vs. Hola: The Pros and Cons of Less Commonly Taught
Chapter Seven Arrivederci Tenure?: Questioning the Traditional Academic Track
Chapter Eight The Faculty Administrative Role
Chapter Nine Conclusion
Appendix Description of Participants and Institutions
Bibliography
Index.