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.
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| Acknowledgments |
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Foreign Language Faculty: A Comparative Profile |
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Women in the Profession: Plus ca change |
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Hao, ma? vs. Hola: The Pros and Cons of Less Commonly Taught |
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Arrivederci Tenure?: Questioning the Traditional Academic Track |
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The Faculty Administrative Role |
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| Appendix: Description of Participants and Institutions |
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| Bibliography |
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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.
