Alt-acs are traditionally trained academics working outside of traditional faculty career paths. The trajectory of an alternative academic is not the tenure track. Instead of the assistant/associate/full path, alt-acs are on a non-linear and often less-traveled career journey. How does a PhD navigate a decades-long academic career lacking the established milestones of the tenure track? As the status of an alternative academic has only been relatively recently recognized within higher ed, I'm not sure we have enough examples of decades-long alt-ac careers serving as models for the rest of us.
