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ERIC Number: EJ593409
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
When Academe Is a Family Affair.
Schneider, Alison
Chronicle of Higher Education, v46 n6 pA16-A18 Oct 1 1999
Discusses the special situations of college professors who are the offspring of academics, including forging an independent identity when a parent is eminent in the same field, advantages of the family connection, and nepotism. Most such academic offspring report that the advantages of the family connection outweigh the disadvantages. (DB)
Descriptors: Career Development, College Faculty, High Achievement, Higher Education, Individual Development, Parent Child Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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