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The text has two parts. In the first part, the author offers a portrait of how he came to be an academic. He offers a reference point for others that hopefully enables critical reflection about how one might best think about academic life. Part one has five sections: the preparation of (1) the individual, (2) their academic self, and (3) their intellectual self; the author then turns to the development of (4) his academic self and (5) concludes part one by raising four questions that academics should ask themselves with regard to academic work. Part two discusses four notions that have been central to his work: (1) organizations and culture; (2) equity; (3) theory, methodology, and writing; and (4) colleges and universities as organizations centrally concerned about democracy and the fight against fascism and how they can be ever vigilant about academic freedom.
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Tierney, W.G. (2021). Forward March: Living an Academic Life. In: Perna, L.W. (eds) Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, vol 36. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43030-6_1-2
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