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So you’re considering teaching in a small town college?

JUN 01, 1961
Ray Hefferlin

What should you know of college teaching conditions in order to make an intelligent decision? How, for instance, is one’s time allotted? You’ve probably been spending 80% of your time on brainstorming of one form or another, and 20% on other things: if you have been in graduate school, 80% study and 20% teaching assistantship; if you have been on the staff of a university or of a laboratory, 80% research and 20% teaching duties or staff meetings and attending professional conventions.

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