COMP 321
Spring, 2006

Assignment 11
April 29, 2006

This is a big assignment.  Start early.

All books will be on reserve in the Reading Room

Read:   Goldsmith, Komlos, and Gold, The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career, 
	    Chapters  1, 5
	Schoenfeld and Magnan, Mentor in a Manual, First Edition, 1992. Chapters 1, 2, 6, 7, 		Appendix.  Don’t mess with the second edition;  it’s terribly verbose.
	Skilling, Do You Teach?, Chapters  17-20
	Snyder, et al., Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists, Chaps. 1,5

Optional Scans:  
 
             “Taulbee Survey”  (CS academic salaries, and much more) at 
	  http://www.cra.org/statistics/
	Status of Women in Computer Research,  “Career Mentoring Workshops” at
               http://www.cra.org/main/cra.pubs.html
	rest of Schoenfeld & Magnan;
	rest of Goldsmith,  Skilling

Exercise: 
	Essay 1:   (1/2 to 1 page)
	Which book is best, Goldsmith, Skilling,  or Schoenfeld?   	Why?
	Which of the authors would you learn the most from as a classroom teacher?

	Essay 2:  (1-2 pages)

	What assertions about “university teaching as a job” did you read that surprised you?  	Why?