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A foot in the revolving door? Women academics in lower-middle management by Acker, Sandra

“…This article looks at a small group of women in Canadian faculties of education who hold what I call 'lower-middle management' positions and considers whether…”
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The struggle to make sense of doctoral study by Acker, Sandra, Haque, Eve

“…Semi-structured, qualitative interviews conducted with an ethno-culturally diverse group of 27 doctoral students in one Canadian university department produced…”
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Fast Professors, Research Funding, and the Figured Worlds of Mid-Career Ontario Academics by Acker, Sandra, McGinn, Michelle K

“…Heightened pressures to publish prolifically and secure external funding stand in stark contrast with the slow scholarship movement. This article explores ways…”
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Dear SSHRC, What Do You Want? An Epistolary Narrative of Expertise, Identity, and Time in Grant Writing by McGinn, Michelle K, Acker, Sandra, Marie Vander Kloet, Wagner, Anne

“…Im derzeitigen Forschungsbetrieb sind die Erwartungen an sozialwissenschaftlich Forschende zunehmend hoch, Forschungsgelder einzuwerben – zugleich erscheint…”
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Feminist scholars working around the neoliberal university by Acker, Sandra, Wagner, Anne

“…A considerable scholarship now describes the increasing neoliberalization of universities and the accompanying impacts on academic research and researchers…”
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Chairing and caring: gendered dimensions of leadership in academe by Acker, Sandra

“…This article uses three frames of analysis, each with gendered implications, to interpret the author's narrative of experience as a department chair (head of…”
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Teachers, Gender and Careers by Acker, Sandra, Ed

“…This book attempts to move gender to the center of debate and discusion about teachers' lives and careers. It consists of 13 chapters written by 15 different…”
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Made to measure: early career academics in the Canadian university workplace by Acker, Sandra, Webber, Michelle

“…While Canada lacks explicit central directives towards research productivity, academics experience frequent and intense reviews of their research, teaching and…”
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Being an academic is the key to who I am - a memoir by Acker, Sandra

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A commentary from Canada on Marília Carvalho's viewpoint: Gender and Education: a view from Latin America by Acker, Sandra

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Editing a higher education journal: Gatekeeping or development? by Acker, Sandra, Rekola, Mika, Wisker, Gina

“…Editors of academic journals play a key part in the production of knowledge and the continuation of scholarly conversations about practical and intellectual…”
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Gendered games in academic leadership by Acker, Sandra

“…This article looks at women's efforts to construct an academic leadership career. It is not a study of women's leadership in general but one that takes place…”
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Making a Difference: Women in management in Australian and Canadian faculties of education by Wyn, Johanna, Acker, Sandra, Richards, Elisabeth

“…This article reports a study of Australian and Canadian women in management positions in university faculties of education. It provides a perspective on the…”
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Leading the Academic Department: A Mother–Daughter Story by Acker, Sandra, Millerson, Dorie

“…This article is based on conversations between a mother and daughter about academic leadership. Both authors served in different time periods and at different…”
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Left Out in the Academic Field: Doctoral Graduates Deal with a Decade of Disappearing Jobs by Acker, Sandra, Haque, Eve

“…In 2001–2002, the authors of this article interviewed 31 ethno-culturally diverse doctoral students about their experiences in a sociology of education program…”
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Reflections on supervision and culture: What difference does difference make? by Acker, Sandra

“…For this commentary, the author went back and read most of her own writings on graduate education. Having only just retired but still working with supervisees…”
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Left Out in the Academic Field: Doctoral Graduates Deal with a Decade of Disappearing Jobs by Acker, Sandra, Haque, Eve

“…In 2001–2002, the authors of this article interviewed 31 ethno-culturally diverse doctoral students about their experiences in a sociology of education program…”
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Tenure troubles and equity matters in Canadian academe by Acker, Sandra, Webber, Michelle, Smyth, Elizabeth

“…The focus of this article is the tenure review process in Canadian universities, a rigorous and high-stakes evaluation of junior academics that serves as a…”
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Sleepless in academia by Acker, Sandra, Armenti, Carmen

“…The conditions under which women academics work provide the impetus for this article. Current trends in feminist and other writing are moving us away from…”
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The work of university research administrators: Praxis and professionalization by Acker, Sandra, K. McGinn, Michelle, Campisi, Caitlin

“…As part of a project on the social production of social science research, 19 research administrators (RAs) in five Canadian universities were interviewed about…”
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