TY - GEN AU - Brennan, Jason TI - Good work if you can get it: how to succeed in academia SN - 9781421437965 U1 - 378.125023 PY - 2020/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - United States KW - College teachers--Supply and demand KW - College teachers--Vocational guidance KW - College teaching KW - Education N1 - Includes bibliography and index N2 - This is a short, punchy book about the real professional life of an academic. It provides hard data on what academic jobs are like and who gets them; on how to succeed in graduate school; on how to find time to write, teach, and have a personal life; and on what a person might do if academia does not work out. Written by a successful professor, the book warns aspiring academics about the harsh realities of an oversupplied job market and prepares them for playing by the rules that govern success in the academic profession ER -