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This invaluable source book offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in academic careers. The contributions provide rich, personal, sometimes poignant and often humorous accounts of shared and unique experiences of those in the world of academia.
A Sabbatical Journey: Toward Personal and Professional Renewal
A Sabbatical Journey: Toward Personal and Professional Renewal
Sabbatical: of the nature of a Sabbath or period of rest; pertaining to or appropriate to the Sabbath; root = to rest. Sabbatical year: the 7th year, prescribed by the Mosaic law to be observed as a “Sabbath” in which the land was to remain untilled and all debtors and Israelitish slaves were to be released.
Sabbath: a Scriptural period (as the sabbatical year) of solemn rest or cessation from usual activity.
Overview
Traditionally, the purpose of a sabbatical has been to provide for a time of renewal in the broadest sense of intellectual and personal refreshment through a leave of absence from one's ...
