{"product_id":"independent-scholars-meet-the-world-expanding-academia-beyond-the-academy-paperback","title":"Independent Scholars Meet the World: Expanding Academia Beyond the Academy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Caccipuoti\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Keohane-Burbridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor too long graduate school was viewed solely as a pipeline to teaching positions at colleges and universities. As MAs and PhDs proliferate and opportunities in the academy narrow, this timely book reminds us that the academy is only one of many venues for satisfying and successful scholarly endeavor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eIndependent Scholars Meet the World\u003c\/i\u003e represent a spectrum of graduate school experiences, from leaving midprogram to completing an MA or PhD. They include those who sought nontraditional paths and others who started in the familiar professorial direction only to change course. Ultimately, they are independent scholars--contributing to their fields but working outside the academy. Their stories illustrate the variety of options that exist beyond the university setting, from museum education and high school teaching to newer professions like podcasting and creating historical coloring books. These scholars impart advice about encountering difficulties, overcoming challenges, and learning to adapt to changing circumstances. All have something to share that the graduating scholar and those who guide them ought to hear about--cultivating networks; viewing departure from familiar terrain as an option, not a failure; and understanding the real value that an independent scholar brings to any number of situations. Perhaps the most important lesson this book offers is for those steeped in the belief that the only \"right\" way to be a scholar is as a tenured professor, and how, therefore, to embrace the label \u003ci\u003eindependent scholar\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eIndependent Scholars Meet the World\u003c\/i\u003e offer the advice and encouragement they wish they'd received when heading into uncharted postgraduate territory. They demonstrate that success awaits the determined and resourceful scholar pursuing a different path towards \"expanded-ac.\"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163071451271,"sku":"9780700629916","price":53.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dee1a92024a7a8bc5029284babcc12a1.webp?v=1733294464","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/independent-scholars-meet-the-world-expanding-academia-beyond-the-academy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}