Abstract: This chapter takes a comprehensive view as to what might be expected of practitioners that have recently transitioned to a role in the higher education space. Specifically, and important for any aspiring academic to understand, is just how different the workload and workload expectations are in higher education versus private industry or public accounting. Not only is the work itself different, encompassing teaching, service and research rather than preparing financial statements, returns, or issuing opinions, the very nature of the work is also different. Collaboration and cooperation are mainstays of graduate classes and the corporate workplace, be it remote or in-person, but a large component of the work of an academic takes place on an individual basis. Drilling into some of the specifics, including time management and the academic timeline for projects, this chapter seeks to provide a practical and realistic assessment of just what higher education and institutions of higher education expect from faculty, advisors, and practitioners entering the space. In addition, the weighing of different types of work, building on the discussion from Chapter 4, might differ from institution to institution. This chapter attempts to bring together the wide possible array of academic work and do so in a manner understandable as well able to applied practically.
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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