Surviving the Fog: The Higher Ed Guide to the Faculty Handbook

To a new adjunct, faculty member, or even an experienced department chair, higher education can sometimes feel like stepping off the ferry onto Widow's Bay. Strange rituals abound. The locals speak in acronyms. Certain traditions appear to predate recorded history. And if you wander too far off the established path without a guide, you may find yourself trapped in an emergency task force meeting from which there is seemingly no escape.