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ERIC Number: EJ573724
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
Applying the Cumulative Advantage Perspective to Scholarly Writers in Higher Education.
Creamer, Elizabeth G.; McGuire, Sharon P.
Review of Higher Education, v22 n1 p73-82 Fall 1998
Analyzes interview data from 24 higher education faculty from 19 universities to assess the extent to which the cumulative advantage perspective was consistent with experiences they described as significant to their publishing productivity. Two factors voiced by a majority of participants relatively late commitment to an academic career and the importance of feedback suggest disciplinary differences in the theory's applicability. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Careers, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Publishing, Feedback, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Productivity, Scholarship, Teaching Experience
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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