“Addressing a multitude of topics for navigating the travails of higher education today, To and Fro the Ivory Tower provides a comprehensive yet handy guide to working in the academe. I am going to strongly suggest it as required reading for any junior faculty under my tutelage.” — Doug Feldmann, Northern Kentucky University

“Farris and Moore's book contains many practical ideas that should prove helpful for the novice community college faculty member. The proven tips offered in this book are as applicable to community colleges as they are to senior institutions.” —Neal McKenna, Kishwaukee College

“This book is the perfect road map to guide doctoral students and new faculty members through the higher education maze. The practical examples and realistic advice make this a go-to resource on navigating higher education.” — Laurie Elish-Piper, Northern Illinois University

“The book is broad in coverage and strikingly valuable to academics-in-training, new faculty, and even senior faculty because of the insights it offers about mores and practices across a wide range of colleges and universities.” — Mark Monmonier, Syracuse University

“Professors Farris and Moore have filled a gap in the literature on academic life by writing an excellent book that looks at the span of a professor’s career. A new professor can learn how decisions made while interviewing and accepting the first position can affect retirement and other end-of-career decisions thirty or more years later. The authors make clear that there are many decision points between those career bookends and that academic life need not be an exhausting and unrelenting race. There are milestones when one may pause, reflect, and decide on a direction that will be individually successful and rewarding. I will be strongly recommending this book to all of my students on the professorial career path.” — Patricia F. First, Clemson University

“Who among us would not welcome a road map to guide us through choosing an academic career, the steps we will take in order to progress, and then, finally, to say good-bye to almost everything that has created our professional identity? Pamela Farris and Marilyn Moore have provided us with such a road map, a guide to the various points on the road where we must make a decision that could affect every part of our future life.” — From the Foreword by Susan M. Cooper, Dean, California State University, Fullerton (Irvine Campus)

1. The Search
2. Carving Out an Academic Career
3. Welcome to Your New Ivory Tower
4. Gaining Tenure and Promotion
5. Midcareer Goals
6. Moving into Retirement