Inhabiting the Borders - Foreign Language Faculty in American Colleges and Universities

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Explores the experiences of Foreign Language Faculty members -often marginalised within the teaching profession- looking at how this marginalisation has arisen, the forms it takes, and how various groups have responded to this situation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Matross Helms, Robin Matross Matrix Helms, Helms Robin Matross, HELMS ROBIN MATROSS MATRIX SYDNE, Sydney Eve Matrix, Matross Helms, Robin Matross Helms
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2005
• EAN: 9780415976923
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97692-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Studies in Higher Education; Studies in Higher Education
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