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"'The Long Obedience...': Biblical Reflections on the Vocation of Administrative Service"
Senior, Donald
The Seminary Journal 2 (Fall 1998)
1998
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"Academic Administration as an Inner Journey"
Smith, Gordon T.
Theological Education 33 (Supplement 1996): 61-70
1996
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"African Students in Theological Doctoral Programs in Christian Institutions of Higher Education"
Starcher, Richard L.
Christian Higher Education 3, no. 3 (2004): 207-222
2004
From the Publisher
Over the years, thousands of students have left Africa to pursue theological doctorates in Christian institutions of higher learning around the world. The study reported in this paper endeavored to understand their experiences and articulate their needs and aspirations. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 23 African students and were analyzed using grounded theory procedures. The emerging profile revealed...
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"An Instructor Survival Kit for Use with Large Classes"
Gleason, Maryellen
American Association for Higher Education Bulletin 39, no. 2 (1986): 10-14
1986
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"Beyond the Graveyard: Engaging Faculty Involvement"
Wilkerson, Margaret B.
Change Jan/Feb (1992): 59-63
1992
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"Collegiality as a Moral and Ethical Practice"
Copeland, M. Shawn
in Practice What You Preach (Franklin, WI: Sheed & Ward, 1999): 315-333
1999
From the Publisher
Calling for accountability, Practice What You Preach discusses ethical questions that arise in congregations and pastoral leadership. Formation of pastors, empowering leaders, resolving power struggles between clergy and laity--these and other critical pastoral issues are addressed by an ecumenical group of contributors. Divided into four parts: the way the churches train their pastors; the way their pastors live; the way communities...
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"Department-level Cultures and the Improvement of Learning and Teaching"
Knight, Peter T., and Trowler, Paul R.
Studies in Higher Education 25, no. 1 (2000): 69-83
2000
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"Designing Effective Group Activities: Lessons for Classroom Teaching and Faculty Development"
Michaelsen, Larry, L. Dee Fink and Arletta Knight
To Improve the Academy 16 (1997): 373-397
1997
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"Developing an Effective Teaching Portfolio"
Wolf, Kenneth
Educational Leadership 53, no. 6 (1996): 34-37
1996
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"Do Initial Training Courses Have an Impact on University Teaching? The Evidence From Two Evaluative Studies of One Course"
Rust, Chris
Innovations in Education and Training International 37, no. 3 (2000): 254 262
2000
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"Dynamics of Diversity in the Teaching-Learning Process: A Faculty Development Model for Analysis and Action"
Marchesani, Linda S., and Marianne Adams
in Promoting Diversity in College Classrooms: Innovative Responses for the Curriculum, Faculty, and Institutions (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992), 9-19
1992
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"Faculty Diversity: Too Little For Too Long"
Trower, Cathy A., and Richard P. Chait
Harvard Magazine 104, no. 4 (2002): 33-38
2002
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"Faculty Study Groups: Solving 'Good Problems' Through Study, Reflection, and Collaboration"
Wildman, Terry M. Margaret P. Hable, Marlene M. Preston, Susan G. Magliaro
Innovative Higher Education 24, no. 4 (2000): 247-263
2000
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"Graduate Schools Should Require Internships For Teaching"
Burke, Joseph C.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5 October 2001
2001
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"Integration of Teaching and Research: Myth, Reality, and Possibility"
Weimer, Maryellen
in Universal Challenges in Faculty Work (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997), 53-62
1997
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"Issues in Achieving Pluralism in Faculty Development: The Challenge and Opportunity of Inclusivity"
Berling, Judith
Theological Education 28, no. 1 (1991): 47-57
1991
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"Descriptions of a Tree Outside the Forest"
Lacourt, Jeanne, A.
American Indian Quarterly 27, no 1 & 2 (2003): 296-307
2003
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Answering the Call: African American Women in Higher Education Leadership
From the Publisher
Although much has been written about leaders and leadership, we unfortunately know little about women, particularly minority women, who fill this particular role.
This book the second in a series that explores women leaders in different contexts presents the stories, and the reflections on their paths to leadership, of seven African American women. Five are, or have been, college presidents; three have devoted...
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"Lessons From the Learning Classroom"
Noel, Terry W.
Journal of Management Education 28, no. 2 (2004): 188-206
2004
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"Lessons Learned About Mentoring"
Boice, Robert
in Developing New and Junior Faculty (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992), 51-61
1992
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"Looking for Good Teaching: A Guide to Peer Observation"
Helling, Barbara B.
Journal of Staff, Program, and Organization Development 6, no. 4 (1998): 147-158
1988
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"Nice Work if We Can Keep It: Confessions of a Junior Professor"
Newman, Kathy
Academe 85, no. 3 (1999): 29-33
1999
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"Of Monks' Cells and Wagon Trains, Excellence and Collegiality"
Jarvis, Donald K.
Focus on Faculty 4, no. 3 (1996): 1-2
1996
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"Peer Observation: Learning from One Another"
Richardson, Matthew O.
Thought and Action 16, no. 1 (2000): 9-20.
2000
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"Rethinking What It Means to be a Scholar"
Rice, R. Eugene
Teaching Excellence 1, no. 8 (1990)
1990
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"Scholarship: A Sacred Vocation"
Pelikan, Jaroslav
Scholarly Publishing 16, no. 1 (1984): 19
1984
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"Social Vision and Moral Courage: Mentoring a New Generation"
Parks, Sharon Daloz
Cross Currents 40, no. 3 (1990): 351-367
1990
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"Socializing Future Faculty to the Values of Undergraduate Education"
Gaff, Jerry G., and Leo M. Lambert
Change July/Aug (1996): 38-45
1996
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"Teaching Beyond the Borders: A Report From the Lilly-Luce Teaching Workshop"
Gottschall, Marilyn
Religious Studies News 16, no. 1 (2001): 7
2001
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"Teaching Circles: Making Inquiry Safe for Faculty"
Black, Laurel, and Mary Ann Cessna
Teaching Excellence 14, no. 3 (2002): 10-11
2002
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"Teaching vs. Research: No Simple Debate"
Johnston, Timothy D.
Academic Leader 10, no. 1 (1994): 3-4
1994
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"Teaching-Related Stress: The Emotional Management of Faculty"
Gates, Gordon S.
The Review of Higher Education 23, no. 4 (2000): 469-490
2000
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"Technology at Bryant: A Glimpse at How Students View Its Use"
Curran, Jim, and Ron Pitt
The Faculty Network, The Impact of Technology on Teaching (Spring 2002)
2002
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"The Ethics of Learner-Centered Education: Dynamics That Impede the Process"
Hansen, Edmund J., and James A. Stephens
Change Sept/Oct (2000): 41-47
2000
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"The Faculty Members of the Future: How Are They Being Shaped?"
Wheeler, Barbara G.
Christian Century (Feb 4-11, 1998): 106-149
1998
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"The Re-examination of Faculty Priorities"
Edgerton, Russell
Change July/Aug (1993): 10-25
1993
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"The Teaching Portfolio"
Seldin, Peter, and Linda Annis
Teaching Excellence 3, no. 2 (1991)
1991
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"Visualizing Yourself As A Successful College Teacher, Writer, and Colleague"
Moody, JoAnn
in Demystifying the Profession: Helping Junior Faculty Succeed (New Haven, CT: University of New Haven Press, 1997), 1-10
1997
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"What's Your Philosophy on Teaching, and Does it Matter?"
Montell, Gabriela
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 27 March 2003
2003
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"When the Personal Becomes Problematic: The Ethics of Using Experiential Teaching Methods"
Grauerholz, Elizabeth, and Stacey Copenhaver
Teaching Sociology 22, no. 10 (1994): 319-327
1994
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"Why Professors Don't Change"
Ekroth, Loren
Teaching Excellence 1, no. 5 (1990)
1990
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A New Academic Compact: Revisioning the Relationship between Faculty and Their Institutions
McMillin, Linda A. and William G. Berberet, editors
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
2002
From the Publisher
Highlighting the Associated New American Colleges' Faculty Work Project, this volume examines the call for redefining faculty roles and institutional relationships. Believing that in order to serve students successfully colleges must invest in faculty effectiveness, the overriding goal of the project has been to lay the conceptual groundwork for bringing an institution's faculty policies and practices and the actual work patterns...
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Academic Couples: Problems and Promises
Ferber, Marianne A. and Jane W. Loeb
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL
1997
From the Publisher
How do the careers and lives of academic couples differ from those of other academics? What advantages and disadvantages do they face, and what problems and opportunities do their increasing numbers present to academic institutions? Sixteen experts address these and many other questions in Academic Couples, offering new research and much vital information.
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Academic Leadership: A Practical Guide to Chairing the Department
Leaming, Deryl R.
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
1998
From the Publisher
Dr. Leaming's book provides a comforting reminder that we need not waste time and energy reinventing the wheel. New and veteran administrators, particularly at the academic departmental level, can gain invaluable guidance by taking advantage of Dean Leaming's 30-plus years of experience. Whatever they are experiencing, he has already been through numerous times. He knows their challenges and anxieties, and, more importantly,...
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Academic Leadership: A Study of Chief Academic Officers in Theological Schools
McLean, Jeanne P.
St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, MN
1998
From the Publisher
The monographs collected in this volume are based on research into the role of chief academic officers in North American theological schools.
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Academic Life: Hospitality, Ethics, and Spirituality
Bennett, John B.
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
2003
From the Publisher
In this profound look at the academy, John Bennett reminds us that our leadership decisions always presuppose our philosophies of life and that understanding precedes practice. How we understand the communities we lead informs the many practical judgments we make about directions to take, structures to create, processes to initiate, and values to uphold.
Bennett argues that faculty may understand their departments or...
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Advancing Faculty Learning Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Creamer, Elizabeth G. and Lisa R. Lattuca, editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2005
From the Publisher
This volume addresses the limitations of an instrumental perspective on collaboration and explores why stakeholders in higher education should refocus attention on collaboration as a source of faculty learning. The chapters establish a theoretical basis for thinking about faculty learning and then use case studies to explore this topic in the context of service or outreach, research, and teaching.
Included as well are...
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Advice for New Faculty Members
Boice, Robert
Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA
2000
From the Publisher
Nihil Nimus is a unique and essential guide to the start of a successful academic career. As its title suggests (nothing in excess), it advocates moderation in ways of working, based on the single-most reliable difference between new faculty who thrive and those who struggle. By following its practical, easy-to-use rules, novice faculty can learn to teach with the highest levels of student approval, involvement, and comprehension,...
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Building Bridges for Women of Color in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for Success
Battle, Conchita and Chrontrese M. Doswell, editors
University Press of America, Lanham, MD
2004
From the Publisher
Building Bridges for Women of Color in Higher Education is designed to create a forum for synthesizing collective voices from women of color in academia. This book will serve as a professional development tool for academicians, both embarking upon and maintaining careers in higher education.
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Building Faculty Learning Communities
Cox, Milton D., and Laurie Richlin, editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2004
From the Publisher
Changing our colleges and universities into learning institutions has become increasingly important at the same time it has become more difficult. Faculty learning communities have proven to be effective for addressing institutional challenges, from preparing the faculty of the future and reinvigorating senior faculty, to implementing new courses, curricula, and campus initiatives on diversity and technology. The results of...
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Chairing an Academic Department, Second Edition
Gmelch, Walter H. and Val D. Miskin
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
2004
From the Publisher
Academic leaders may be the least studied and most misunderstood management position in the world, authors Gmelch and Miskin state. Although chairs come to the position for varied reasons, few come with any specific leadership training. Once in the position, they are critiqued, judged, and evaluated by both their faculty and administrators groups which frequently have conflicting criteria.
Based upon their extensive...
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Collegial Professionalism: The Academy, Individualism, and the Common Good
Bennett, John B.
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ
1998
From the Publisher
Discussions surrounding collegial practices and exchanges are common, but this volume departs from the usual and focuses on serious problems facing professionals in higher education--from being "open to corrections" and paying more attention to the "ethics of higher education," to creating collegial models that counter the traditional models of "insistent individualism." Bennett looks at the basic structure of what academic...
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Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity
Wenger, Etienne
Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
1998
From the Publisher
Communities of Practice presents a theory of learning that starts with this assumption: engagement in social practice is the fundamental process by which we learn and so become who we are. The primary unit of analysis of this process is neither the individual nor social institutions but rather the informal "communities of practice" that people form as they pursue shared enterprises over time. In order to give a social account...
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Computer Networking and Scholarly Communication in the Twenty-First-Century University
Harrison, Teresa M. and Timothy Stephen, editors
State University of New York Press, Albany, NY
1996
From the Publisher
This book explores the various ways in which computer networking, and more specifically the Internet, is changing the practices, the structure, and the products of academic scholarship. It considers research, teaching, and dissemination of knowledge across a range of disciplines in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences in order to identify particular uses of networking that will come to constitute the academic world...
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Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty
Millis, Barbara J. and Philip G. Cottell, Jr.
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ
1998
From the Publisher
This definitive "how-to" book on cooperative learning at the postsecondary level is designed to serve as a vital resource for faculty who use a collaborative approach to education. It offers an overview of the cooperative learning process, including its rationale, research base, value, and practical implementation. The authors also describe a variety of approaches to cooperative learning drawn from complementary movements such...
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Coping with Faculty Stress
Seldin, Peter
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1987
From the Publisher
Stress can be beneficial if it triggers growth and improves the professor's performance. But it can be destructive if it leads to burnout, alcoholism, tension headaches, irritability, and boredom. The destructive consequences of faculty stress are not inevitable. They result solely from improperly managing and reacting to stressful events. This volume spells out the specific causes of faculty stress in the mid 1980's. It offers...
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Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge
Wenger, Etienne, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder
Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA
2002
From the Publisher
In Cultivating Communities of Practice, Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder argue that while communities form naturally, organizations need to become more proactive and systematic about developing and integrating them into their strategy. This book provides practical models and methods for stewarding these communities to reach their full potential - without squelching the inner drive that makes them so valuable....
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Demystifying The Profession: Helping Junior Faculty Succeed
Moody, Joann
University of New Haven Press, West Haven, CT
1997
From the Publisher
The aims of this publication are:
- Demystify certain parts of the academic careers that typically bewilder or confuse junior faculty as well as graduate students considering such careers
- Coach junior and future faculty in concrete ways so they can increase their likelihood of success in and enjoying of the profession
- Spotlight and tell the truth about the special burdens and 'taxes'...
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Developing New and Junior Faculty
Sorcinelli, Mary Deane and Ann E. Austin, editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1992
From the Publisher
This volume offers a practical compendium of advice on how to foster the career development of new and junior faculty. It is organized around three main themes: research findings concerning new and junior faculty, model programs and strategies to support faculty development, and organizational factors that affect both the success of the strategies and the experiences of new and junior faculty. Whether readers are junior faculty,...
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Developing Non-Hierarchical Leadership on Campus: Case Studies and Best Practices in Higher Education
Outcalt, Charles L., Shannon K. Faris, and Kathleen N. McMahon, eds.
Greenwood Press, Westport, CT
2001
From the Publisher
Key figures in the field of non-hierarchical leadership development share their insights on conceptualizing, promoting, and assessing models of leadership based on teamwork, diversity, and service. This volume will be essential for theorists and practitioners in higher education.
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Developing Senior Faculty as Teachers
Finkelstein, Martin and Mark LaCelle-Peterson
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1993
From the Publisher
Colleges and universities in the United States are experiencing a major shift: while their student bodies change, their faculties remain largely the same--at least in the short run. The student body grows increasingly diverse in terms of ethnicity, economic status, and academic preparedness, with more and more students coming from the groups that have been least-well-served by higher education in the past. Student retention...
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Dilemmas in Teaching: Cases for Collaborative Faculty Reflection
Anson, Chris, Lesley Cafarelli, Carol Rutz, Michelle Weis, editors
Mendota Press, Madison, WI
1998
From the Publisher
Designed to spark reflection and lively dialogue in College and university departments and faculty development programs, Dilemmas in Teaching is a collection of short, insightful cases that will strike a chord with experienced faculty and help prepare newer faculty and teaching assistants for the complexities of their chosen profession. Written by faculty as part of a six-year project sponsored by The Collaboration for the...
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Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning
Cambridge, Barbara L., editor
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
2001
From the Publisher
The portfolio is a powerful tool for learning and assessment. Introducing the electronic into the mix increases its power, especially through the key feature of interactive hyperlinks and the potential to promote continuous reflection on, and updating of, learning. This introduction examines the potential of electronic portfolios by addressing: rationales for creating an electronic portfolio; possible features of the portfolio;...
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Enhancing Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning: Professional Literature That Makes a Difference
Weimer, Maryellen
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2006
From the Publisher
Mapping the Territory of Teaching offers a review of the most current and important writings on the topic of scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education. One of the foremost experts in the field, Editor Maryellen Weimer is uniquely qualified to bring this information together.
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Enhancing Student Learning: Setting the Campus Context
Stage, Frances K., Watson, Lemuel W. and Terrell, Melvin
University Press of America, Lanham, MD
1999
From the Publisher
In this important volume, the authors focus on the connections between academic learning and student affairs. Beginning with the premise that academic learning is a critical part of the overall personal development of each student, the authors show how student affairs professionals can work in harmony with their academic colleagues to create a campus milieu that is truly conducive to that development. Such a milieu would offer...
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Ethical Dimensions of College and University Teaching : Understanding and Honoring the Special Relationship Between Teachers and Students
Fisch, Lincoln
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1996
From the Publisher
This volume focuses on the ethical dimensions of teaching, bringing fresh insights and perspectives to inform ongoing discussions of ethics among faculty colleagues, administrators, and students. From these chapters emerges a dominant principle: responsibility to students is directly related to understanding of one's ethical self, and the first step in establishing that ethical identity is self-reflection. By teaching ethically,...
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Ethics and the University
Davis, Michael
Routledge, New York, NY
1999
From the Publisher
Brings together two related topics: the practice of ethics in the university, and the teaching of practical or applied ethics in the university. Surveys practical ethics, offering an explanation of its recent emergence as a university subject, and identifies some problems that the subject generates for universities. Examines research ethics, including the problem of plagiarism, and discusses how ethics can be integrated into...
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Exploring The Role of Contingent Instructional Staff in Undergraduate Learning
Benjamin, Ernst, editor
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2003
From the Publisher
The majority of undergraduate instructors hold contingent appointments, a term used here to include not only the non-tenure-track part-time faculty but also many instructional staff who lack faculty status, an increasing proportion of full-time non-tenure track faculty, and a substantial number of graduate student teaching assistants. This volume seeks to foster a dialogue, long overdue, between those who believe that the academy...
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Faculty in New Jobs: A Guide to Settling in, Becoming Established, and Building Institutional Support
Menges, Robert J. and Associates
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1999
From the Publisher
Each year, hundreds of academics begin new faculty appointments. Some are just launching new careers, while others are advancing to new campuses. As faculty members and their institutions struggle to ease the passage to a new environment, they are faced with critical questions. What are the challenges of the transition process? And how does that process differ for first-time faculty and seasoned faculty?
Drawing on...
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Field Guide to Academic Leadership: A Publication of the National Academy for Academic Leadership
Diamond, Robert M., editor
John Wiley & Sons, San Francisco, CA
2002
From the Publisher
This guide for those in leadership positions at academic institutions provides information and suggestions for action and administrative practice related to a range of issues. The guide blends research on leadership, change, teaching, and learning with the insights of academic leaders and researchers across the US, and stresses the need for cooperation and collaboration among leaders. Two introductory chapters review forces...
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First Day to Final Grade
Curzan, Anne and Lisa Damour
University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI
2000
From the Publisher
Many universities are concerned about improving the pedagogy used by their graduate students in the classroom. Yet few universities provide adequate training or support. As a result, most new graduate student teachers feel overwhelmed by the demands of being both a teacher and a student.
Written from the perspective of both professors who have been in the classroom for many years and inexperienced teachers of the "I...
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First Steps to Excellence in College Teaching
Johnson, Glenn Ross
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
1995
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Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books
Germano, William
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
2001
From the Publisher
Germano's short volume is filled with useful advice drawn from a career as editor at an academic press (formerly editor-in-chief and humanities editor at Columbia UP, he's now vice president and publishing director at Routledge) and written in an admirably direct style that preserves a personal tone that will appeal to the recent PhD's and new authors who will be his best audience. The gamut of publishing is covered, from basics...
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Good Practice in Tenure Evaluation: Advice for Tenured Faculty, Department Chairs, and Academic Administrators
American Council on Education, The American Association of University Professors, and United Educators Insurance
American Council on Education (ACE), Washington, DC
2000
From the Publisher
This report provides guidance on conducting tenure evaluations that are thoughtful and just. Practical suggestions for the tenure evaluation process fall into four themes. The first is that of the need for clarity in standards and procedures for evaluation. Institutions should ensure that their stated criteria for tenure match the criteria that, in actual practice, the institutions apply. A second major theme is that tenure...
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Handbook for Academic Authors, Fourth edition
Luey, Beth
Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
2002
From the Publisher
This new edition of a common-sense guide to all aspects of academic publishing contains an entirely new chapter on writing nonfiction for a general audience. It has been revised and updated throughout to reflect the state of new technologies and their meaning to authors.
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Handbook for Associate Instructors
Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN
1996
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Handbook for College Teaching
Miller, W. R. and Marie F. Miller
PineCrest Publications, Sautee-Nacoochee, GA
1999
From the Publisher
The Handbook for College Teaching is designed for individuals with limited teaching experience at the post-secondary level. The book provides basic information of practical value to instuctors of adults in universities, community colleges, and other adult education settings. The book includes six chapters on the following subjects: the role and responsibilities of the instructor, planning and getting started, human learning,...
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Improving College Teaching
Seldin, Peter and Assoc.
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
1995
From the Publisher
This book provides practical, ready-to-use, research-based information about specific strategies and state-of-the-art techniques to improve college teaching. Through its nineteen chapters written by renowned faculty developers, the book offers a wide range of topics and ideas for thought and implementation. The chapters present programs that develop such necessary new skills as different teaching approaches needed for different...
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Improving College Teaching: Strategies for Developing Instructional Effectiveness
Weimer, Maryellen
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1990
From the Publisher
This book shows college administrators, deans, department heads, and faculty development professionals how to improve the instructional performance of faculty members. It offers strategies for overcoming resistance and motivating faculty members to improve their teaching--and identifies the resources, activities, and services that will help them to succeed.
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Leading Academic Change: Essential Roles for Department Chairs
Lucas, Ann F. & Associates
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2000
From the Publisher
For the 80,000 department chairs working on campuses across the nation, this visionary yet practical book shows how to manage academic change at the department level. It provides useful ideas and strategies on handling resistance to change, transforming departments into productive learning communities, and improving educational quality for students. In twelve incisive chapters, top academic scholars, authors, and consultants...
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Leading from the Center: The Emerging Role of the Chief Academic Officer in Theological Schools
McLean, Jeanne P.
Scholars Press, Atlanta, GA
1999
From the Publisher
Presents the results of a research study which surveyed the state of the deans of 75 percent of North American theological schools. The study profiles, who the deans are the types of work that they due, and their role in the administration and governance of schools. Reasons for high turnover are explored and recommendations are made to help schools encourage and develop leadership qualities in academic deans.
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Leading From the Center: The Role of Chief Academic Officer
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Making Time, Making Change: Avoiding Overload in College Teaching
Robertson, Doublas Reimondo
New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK
2003
From the Publisher
Lack of time may be the single most commonly experienced problem among American faculty. It is fair to say that the overwhelming majority of the roughly 400,000 full time faculty in American colleges and universities feel overloaded in their teaching lives; they perceive that they do not have time to do their basic faculty duties properly; and they believe that overload goes with the job. We complain yet we do not reflect on...
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Mending the Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Strategies for Conflict Management in Higher Education
Holton, Susan A., editor
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
1998
From the Publisher
This book's 14 chapters provide models of conflict management and practical guidance for those working in institutions of higher education.
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Mentor in a Manual: Climbing the Academic Ladder to Tenure
Schoenfeld, Clay and Robert Magnan
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
1994
From the Publisher
For assistant professors envisioning tenure, this completely revised publication is about as close to being a mentor as a book can be! Using a representative institution and a prototype assistant professor, Mentor in a Manual provides invaluable counsel for those on the tenure track. Twelve chapters take the new hire through each step with advice on making it through the mazes.
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Mentoring for Mission: Nurturing New Faculty at Church-related Colleges
Simon, Caroline J., Laura Bloxham, Denise Doyle, Mel Hailey, Jane Hokanson Hawks, Kathleen Light, Dominic P. Scibilia, and Ernest Simmons
Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI
2003
From the Publisher
Simon presents Roman Catholic and Protestant perspectives on ways to nurture new faculty at church-related educational institutions, for those involved in administering faculty development programs and for those seeking advice on designing and implementing such programs.
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Mentoring New Teachers
Portner, Hal
Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, CA
1998
From the Publisher
This book includes step-by-step instructions that offer experienced teachers information for becoming just as skilled at mentoring as they are at teaching. With a new preface and new updated resources, Portner has contemporized his classic guide to teacher mentoring.
Portner shows your teacher mentors how to:
* Relate to their protgs in ways that establish good working rapport
* Assess how the mentoring...
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Mentoring Revisited: Making an Impact on Individuals and Institutions
Wunsch, Marie A.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1994
From the Publisher
If we believe that the welfare of individuals and the organization are one and the same, the points of compatibility and mutual support must be found and nurtured. If we value the "developmental culture" of an academic institution, the concerns of individuals for growth, change, advancement, recognition, and support can be brought into harmony with the goals of the "organizational culture" for stability, continuity, and community....
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Motivation from Within: Approaches for Encouraging Faculty and Students to Excel
Theall, Michael, editor
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1999
From the Publisher
Motivation is not something one "does to" someone else--good motivational practice requires that we engage others in a common quest
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Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia
Toth, Emily
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA
1997
From the Publisher
In question-and-answer form, Ms. Mentor advises academic women about issues they daren't discuss openly, such as: How does one really clamber onto the tenure track when the job market is so nasty, brutish, and small? Is there such a thing as the perfectly marketable dissertation topic? How does a meek young woman become a tiger of an authority figure in the classroom and get stupendous teaching evaluations? How does one cope...
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New Paradigms for Testing Student Learning: Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties
Braxton, John M. and Alan E. Bayer, Editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2004
From the Publisher
Changes in instructional paradigms are leading to changes in the way student achievement is tested, including group testing, online testing and authentic testing. This issue discusses the theory and practice of these new forms of testing and offers practical suggestions for instructors considering their use.
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On Becoming an Innovative University Teacher: Reflection in Action
Cowan, John
Open University Press, Philadelphia, PA
1998
From the Publisher
This unusual book begins each chapter by posing a question with which college and university teachers can be expected to identify; and then goes on to answer the question by presenting a series of examples; finally, each chapter closes with 'second thoughts', presenting a viewpoint somewhat distinct from that taken by John Cowan. This book will assist university teachers to plan and run innovative activities to enable their...
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Paths to the Professoriate: Strategies for Enriching the Preparation of Future Faculty
Wulff, Donald H, Ann E. Austin & Associates
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2004
From the Publisher
It has been estimated that in the next ten years, about half of the current higher education faculty will retire. How can we best prepare the next generation of faculty members to fill this tremendous gap in our educational system?
Paths to the Professoriate offers all those involved in higher education everyone from administrators to scholars to graduate students a much-needed resource that brings together major research,...
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Practically Speaking: A Sourcebook for Instructional Consultants in Higher Education
Brinko, Kathleen and Robert J. Menges
New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK
1997
From the Publisher
A uniquely comprehensive resource about instructional consultation in higher education -- At many colleges, universities, and professional schools, consultants are available to faculty who wish to assess and improve their teaching. Consultation is widely regarded as a powerful intervention for improving teaching and learning. No service provided by teaching centers has greater potential for producing deep and enduring effects...
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Preparing for Promotion, Tenure, and Annual Review: A Faculty Guide, Second Edition
Diamond, Robert M.
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
2004
From the Publisher
This practical, best-selling book has guided thousands of faculty through the promotion and tenure process since its publication in 1995. This new edition has been significantly revised and expanded, but has also kept its focus on process what faculty can do to make a better case for why they should be promoted or tenured.
This new edition of Preparing for Promotion, Tenure, and Annual Review contains a number of additional...
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Recognizing Faculty Work: Reward Systems for the Year 2000
Diamond, Robert M. and Bronwyn E. Adam, editors.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1993
From the Publisher
This volume is structured to provide practical assistance to those engaged in the review of faculty reward systems on their campuses and to provide guidelines to academic administrators, deans, and chairs who are leading these efforts. Chapters have been designed to address major issues relating to promotion, tenure, and merit pay. The different ways in which campuses have approached the process of clarifying their missions...
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Reflective Practice for Educators: Professional Development to Improve Student Learning
Osterman, Karen F. and Robert B. Kottkamp
Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks, CA
2004
From the Publisher
In this age of seemingly endless mandated reforms, reflective practice is a truly effective, empowering way to make meaningful, positive changes. Written for teachers, counselors, administrators, and professional development specialists in schools and universities, this book is an educators' guide to reflective practice. The authors explain its potential to create meaningful change in schools and show you how to integrate it...
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Relationships Between Teaching Faculty and Teaching Librarians
Kraat, Susan B., editor
Haworth Press, Binghampton, NY
2005
From the Publisher
This collection reflects the experiences of librarians, teaching faculty and library directors, whose perspectives range from cynicism to cautious optimism and idealism when it comes to working with teaching faculty. The volume includes case studies, surveys, sample questionnaires, statistics and a toolkit for establishing an effective library liaison program. The essays examine the teaching and learning environment, course...
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Rethinking Teaching in Higher Education: From a Course Design Workshop to a Faculty Development Framework
Saroyan, Alenoush, and Cheryl Amundsen, editors
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2004
From the Publisher
Teachers in higher education are constantly looking for ways to engage students and motivate them to respond creatively and actively to their disciplines -- but frequently lack the formal grounding in teaching to design effective courses and implement appropriate learning strategies.
This book reflects and incorporates McGill University's thirty years' experience developing teaching programs and workshops at its Centre...
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Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate
Boyer, Ernest
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, NJ
1990
From the Publisher
Ernest L. Boyer's Scholarship Reconsidered offers a new paradigm that recognizes the full range of scholarly activity by college and university faculty and questions the existence of a reward system that pushed faculty toward research and publication and away from teaching.
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So You Want to Be a Professor? A Handbook for Graduate Students
Vesilind, P. Aarne
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
2000
From the Publisher
Maybe you'd like to combine the two loves of your life, teaching and scholarship, and perhaps build a satisfying and profitable academic career, but you're not sure if this is really what you want or how to go about it. Or maybe you've made up your mind but need some good advice on how to succeed. If so, this book is written for you. So You Want To Be a Professor begins with a discussion of jobs in academia and how to find them....
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Socialization of Graduate and Professional Students in Higher Education: A Perilous Passage?
Weidman, John C., Twale, Darla J., Stein, Elizabeth Leahy
ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, New York, NY
2001
From the Publisher
This report on the process of graduate and professional student socialization provides information that can be of use to graduate program faculty and administrators, professional associations, state legislatures, and professional licensing bodies charged with assuring clients that well qualified professional practitioners are being prepared in the nation's universities. It addresses implications of issues raised in current literature...
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Success Strategies for Adjunct Faculty
Lyons, Richard E.
Pearson Education, Boston, MA
2004
From the Publisher
Success Strategies for Adjunct Faculty provides adjunct instructors with a multi-faceted toolkit for increasing both effectiveness and efficiency in today's college courses and enhances their opportunities for success.
Building upon the research and strategies recommended in The Adjunct Professor's Guide to Success, Dr. Lyons leverages his subsequent workshop experiences throughout North America as well as focused research....
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Successful Faculty Development and Evaluation: The Complete Teaching Portfolio
Murray, John P.
Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University, Washington, DC
1997
From the Publisher
This report relates to the concept of teaching portfolios. It discusses the importance of accounting for institutional culture when introducing the concept of teaching portfolios. Includes information on how the department chair can help to improve teaching.
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Supervising the PhD: A Guide to Success
Delamont, Sara, Paul Atkinson, and Odette Parry
Open University Press, Philadelphia, PA
1997
From the Publisher
This guide to supervising doctoral research is a practical handbook for both the novice and the experienced higher degree supervisor. It looks at how to get students to produce good PhD theses on time, and how to prevent failed theses.
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Sustaining Teacher Leadership: Beyond the Boundaries of an Enabling School Culture
Gonzales, Linda Dawson
University Press of America, Lanham, MD
2004
From the Publisher
Sustaining Teacher Leadership describes a model for linking leadership and learning and identifies six components of an enabling culture for teacher leadership: learning, valuing, nurturing, supporting, sharing, and coaching. The model is based on an historical review of artifacts from earlier qualitative studies that report on eight years of a middle school's restructuring and restructuring experiences.
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Teaching Alone, Teaching Together: Transforming the Structure of Teams for Teaching
Bess, James L. and Associates
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2000
From the Publisher
There are many excellent books on college and university teaching, but Teaching Alone, Teaching Together makes a uniquely valuable contribution.
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Teaching American Students: A Guide for International Faculty and Teaching Assistants
Sarkisian, Ellen
Harvard, Derok Bok Center, Cambridge, MA
1997
From the Publisher
Many faculty and graduate students from other countries expect language difficulties when they teach, but are unprepared for other surprises: different cultures make different assumptions about the academic background of college students, how students learn, the appropriate roles of teachers and students, and even the fundamental purpose of a college education.
The third edition of Teaching American Students explains...
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Teaching as Community Property: Essays on Higher Education
Shulman, Lee S.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2004
From the Publisher
Lee Shulman has been president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching since 1997. He is a former president of the American Educational Research Association as well as past president of the National Academy of Education. In this second volume of a landmark two volume collection of Shulman's best work, he addresses such compelling questions as What are the most effective approaches to teaching? How important...
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Teaching College: Collected Readings for the New Instructor
Weimer, Maryellen, and Rose Ann Neff, editors
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
1998
From the Publisher
This popular collection of essays written by seasoned and committed educators, guides the first-time instructor through the phases of course planning, teaching, and evaluation.
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Teaching Fellows Handbook 1997-1998
Harvard University
Harvard, Derok Bok Center, Cambridge, MA
1997
From the Publisher
Teaching and resource information for Teaching Fellows at Harvard University. A basic overview of how to secure a teaching appointment, teaching skills and strategies, evaluating and improving teaching. An appendix includes tips on how to create a course section evaluation questionnaire, sample guidelines for oral reports, writing letters of recommendation, and a bibliography of useful books on teaching. Published annually,...
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Teaching Improvement Practices: Successful Strategies for Higher Education
Wright, W. Alan and Assoc.
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
1995
From the Publisher
This volume contains 15 papers on strategies for improving teaching in higher education with a focus on perceptions of current practices particularly in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada. The papers are: "Teaching Improvement Practices: International Perspectives" (W. Alan Wright and M. Carol O'Neil); "Understanding Student Learning: Implications for Instructional Practice" (Christopher K. Knapper);...
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Teaching Well and Liking It: Motivating Faculty to Teach Effectively
Bess, James L.
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
1997
From the Publisher
Any attempt to explain why someone is a good teacher--or is strongly motivated to teach effectively--involves a complex discussion of one of the oldest questions in human history: Why do people do what they do? In Teaching Well and Liking It, a distinguished group of internationally known scholars offers a sophisticated and stimulating look at the issues involved in motivating teachers to teach well in the challenging environment...
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Tending Talents: The Cultivation of Effective and Productive Theological School Faculties
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The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers
Shuster, Jack H., and Martin J. Finklestein
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
2006
From the Publisher
Higher education is becoming destabilized in the face of extraordinarily rapid change. The composition of the academy's most valuable asset the faculty and the essential nature of faculty work are being transformed. Jack H. Schuster and Martin J. Finkelstein describe the transformation of the American faculty in the most extensive and ambitious analysis of the American academic profession undertaken in a generation.
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The Calling of Education
Shils, Edward
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
1997
From the Publisher
Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils brought an extraordinary knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. The Calling of Education features Shils's most illuminating and incisive writing on this topic from the last twenty-five years of his life. The first essay, "The Academic Ethic," articulates the unique ethical demands of the academic profession and directs special attention...
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The Changing Face of College Teaching
Svinicki, Marilla D
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1990
From the Publisher
It has been suggested that the greatest educational reform will come not through the sweeping changes of large institutionally mandated programs but through the small, day-to-day improvements that faculty members make in their own courses. The faculty is the first line of revolution in teaching; without their cooperation, no change is possible; with it, no challenge is impossible. This volume provides some insights into how...
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The Chicago Handbook for Teachers: A Practical Guide to the College Classroom
Brinkley, Alan, Betty Dessants, Michael Flamm, Cynthia Fleming, Charles Forcey, Eric Rothschild
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
1999
From the Publisher
Unlike their counterparts on the secondary or primary school level, many who teach in colleges and universities have extensive training in their various disciplines, but surprisingly little instruction in the craft of teaching itself.. "The Chicago Handbook for Teachers is an extraordinarily helpful guide for all who face the challenge of putting together material for a course and then making it work. Representing teachers at...
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The Course Portfolio: How Faculty Can Examine Their Teaching to Advance Practice and Improve Student Learning
Hutchings, Pat, editor
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
1998
From the Publisher
Cousin to The Teaching Portfolio, which documents a broad sampling of a faculty member's pedagogical work, the course portfolio focuses instead on the unfolding of a single course, from conception to results. The volume covers defining features and functions, steps in development, audiences and occasions for use, and the course portfolio's place in the development of a scholarship of teaching and learning. It also includes nine...
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The Craft of Research
Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
1995
From the Publisher
Here's a concise, practical guide to mastering the art of research. Filled with the tested strategies and expert advice of three distinguished scholars, this book helps you plan, carry out, and report on research in any field, at any level - a term paper, a dissertation, an article, or a book. The Craft of Research is about more than the mechanics of fact gathering: it's a unique introduction to doing research effectively. Clearly...
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The Department Chair as Academic Leader
Hecht, Irene, Mary Lou Higgerson, Walter H. Gmelch, Allan Tucker
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ
1999
From the Publisher
This important new work will help department chairs, faculty, and administrators understand and address the increasing complexity of relationships within higher education, as well as the growing influence of external factors. The Department Chair as Academic Leader is a completely updated revision of Allan Tucker's seminal contribution, Chairing the Academic Department, last published in 1992. This work reflects the approach...
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The Department Chair's Role in Developing New Faculty into Teachers and Scholars
Bensimon, Estela Mara, Kelly Ward, and Karla Sanders
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
2000
From the Publisher
Hiring new tenure-track faculty and seeing them through to tenure is an onerous responsibility for department chairs, with significant departmental and institutional consequences.
The Department Chair's Role in Developing New Faculty into Teachers and Scholars is designed to help chairs with the three critical stages of junior faculty socialization: 1) recruitment and hiring; 2) the first year; and 3) evaluating new...
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The Disciplines Speak: Rewarding the Scholarly, Professional, and Creative Work of Faculty
Diamond, Robert M. and Bronwyn E. Adam, Editors
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
1995
From the Publisher
This set of two volumes offers statements from disciplinary/professional societies on what faculty work deserves recognition and reward in their unique culture/community. Volume I covers religion, history, geography, math, chemistry, the arts, business, journalism, and family/consumer science, plus the National Education Association.
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The Ethics of Teaching
Keith-Spiegel, Patricia, Bernard E.Whitley Jr., Deborah Ware Balogh, David V. Perkins, Arno F. Wittig
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1993
From the Publisher
This book evolved by collecting a variety of teaching situations that commonly occur in college and university settings. The authors then created responses to the situations and circulated both the cases and the responses to reviewers from a number of departments across the country. As a result, the vast majority of the cases are "discipline free."
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The Ethics of Teaching, 3rd ed.
Strike, Kenneth and Jonas F. Soltis
Teachers College Press, New York, NY
1998
From the Publisher
Written in a style that speaks directly to today's teacher, The Ethics of Teaching, Third Edition uses realistic case studies of day-to-day ethical dilemmas. The book covers such topics as punishment and due process, intellectual freedom, equal treatment of students, multiculturalism, religious differences, democracy, teacher burnout, professional conduct, parental rights and child abuse/neglect.
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The Experience of Being in Graduate School: An Exploration
Anderson, Melissa S.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1998
From the Publisher
There is much at stake in the graduate enterprise. Here students are prepared to become leaders, professionals, researchers, and scholars who will be responsible for the advancement of our knowledge and well-being. But what of the students themselves? What do they go through in graduate school? What is the graduate experience like? This volume of New Directions for Higher Education addresses the graduate experience from the...
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The Full-Time Faculty Handbook
Bianco-Mathis, Virginia and Neal Chalofsky
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
1999
From the Publisher
The Full-Time Faculty Handbook is a guide to the life of a college professor. Editors Virginia Bianco-Mathis and Neal Chalofsky examine the major components of a life in the academy-teaching, advising, publishing, research and service. Practical, comprehensive, and engaging, this handy guide appeals to a broad audience across all academic disciplines-from new professors to tenured faculty. Themes that are introduced and woven...
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The Growing Use of Part-Time Faculty: Understanding Causes and Effects
Leslie, David W., editor
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1998
From the Publisher
Part-time and temporary faculty now constitute a majority of all those teaching in colleges and universities. This volume presents analyses of the changes in academic work, in faculty careers, and in the economic conditions in higher education that are associated with the shift away from full-time academic jobs. Issues for research, policy, and practice are discussed.
The chapters in this volume were originally prepared...
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The Impact of Technology on Faculty Development, Life, and Work
Gillespie, Kay Herr, editor
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1998
From the Publisher
A critical and global issue in higher education today is the implementation of technology in our individual, institutional, and collective settings for the enhancement of teaching and learning in the widest sense
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The Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors
Filene, Peter
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
2005
From the Publisher
Gathering concepts and techniques borrowed from outstanding college professors, The Joy of Teaching provides helpful guidance for new instructors developing and teaching their first college courses.
Award-winning professor Peter Filene proposes that teaching should not be like a baseball game in which the instructor pitches ideas to students to see whether they hit or strike out. Ideally, he says, teaching should resemble...
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The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships
Zachary, Lois J., and Laurent A. Daloz
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2000
From the Publisher
This rich and insightful book explores the critical process of mentoring and presents practical tools for facitlitating the experience from beginning to end. It is based on Laurent A. Daloz's popular and widely used conept that mentoring is a learning journey, in which the mentor and mentee serve as companions along the way. Now leaders, managers,teachers, and leaders form any career, professional, or educational setting can...
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The Missing Professor: An Academic Mystery
Jones, Thomas B.
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2006
From the Publisher
With more than a few misgivings but desperate to pay off her loans, Nicole Adams, a newly minted Ph.D. in philosophy, accepts an assistant professorship at Higher State, a small state university in "the middle of the Midwest". Little does she suspect that on just her second day, still flustered and disoriented in her new surroundings, she'll be plunged into a mystery. Crusty R. Reynolds Raskin, with whom she uneasily shares...
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The New Academic Generation: A Profession in Transformation
Finkelstein, Martin, Robert Seal, Jack Schuster
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
1998
From the Publisher
Higher education researchers Martin Finkelstein, Robert Seal, and Jack Schuster focus on the changing face of American academe, as women, foreign-born, and minority scholars enter the professorate in large numbers. Considering this trend, the authors argue that the next generation will usher in an era of dramatic changes and that the long-term implications of these changes will be profound. 7 illustrations.
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The New Faculty Member : Supporting and Fostering Professional Development
Boice, Robert
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1992
From the Publisher
For the first time in decades, most American campuses are in the midst of hiring large groups of new faculty. As competition for the most qualified candidates increases, institutions must work harder than ever to attract and retain the best and most diverse prospects. This often requires investing considerable resources in recruitment and hiring--and makes it imperative that new hires are not lost to competitors or to unhappy...
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The Next Generation: Preparing Graduate Students for the Professional Responsibilities of College Teachers
Slevin, James F.
Association of American Colleges
1992
From the Publisher
This monograph presents results and recommendations from a project designed as a collaborative effort to prepare graduate students in the humanities for careers as scholar-teachers within institutions committed to liberal education. The project's two principle activities are discussed under the following headings: (1) Encountering Campus Cultures: Discovering the Responsibilities of College Teachers; and (2) Seminars: Reflecting...
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The Professional Development of Graduate Teaching Assistants
Marincovich, Michele, Jack Prostko, Frederic Stout
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
1998
From the Publisher
As both the need for and the expectations of teaching assistants in higher education rise, institutions must ensure that graduate TAs provide effective instruction. This comprehensive TA training handbook is an essential resource for those who prepare graduate TAs for their responsibilities in the classroom and for their overall professional development. Written by experts in the field of TA development, this book provides a...
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The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions, 2nd ed.
Seldin, Peter
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
1997
From the Publisher
This book examines the teaching portfolio approach to evaluating classroom performance of college instructors. It notes that an estimated 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States are now using or experimenting with portfolios, and that this approach, called a "teaching dossier" has been in use in Canada for 20 years. Key issues, warnings, and benchmarks for success of the portfolio approach are identified. The book...
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The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching
Edgerton, Russell, Patricia Hutchings, and Kathleen Quinlan
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
1991
From the Publisher
Suggests one model in which faculty assemble a collection of carefully selected "work samples" accompanied by reflective commentary about them. Covers the what, why, and how of teaching portfolios, with pointers for getting started and a sampling of current campus practices. Includes reproductions of eight actual portfolio entries. The companion volume to "Campus Use of the Teaching Portfolio".
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The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work
Hochschild, Arlie Russell
Henry Holt and Co., New York, NY
1997
From the Publisher
In her remarkable new book, The Time Bind, Arlie Hochschild brings us startling news of the ways in which home is being invaded by the time pressures and efficiencies of work, while the workplace is, for many parents, being transformed into a strange kind of surrogate home. For three years at a Fortune 500 company, she interviewed everyone from top executives to factory hands, sat in on business meetings, followed sales teams...
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The Vitality of Senior Faculty Members: Snow on the Roof-Fire in the Furnace
Bland, Carole J. and William H. Bergquist
ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, George Washington Univ. Press, Washington, D.C.
2000
From the Publisher
By the year 2000, 50 percent of full-time faculty will be over 55, and 68 percent will be over 50. Just when many universities and colleges in America are making major shifts in their missions and their organizational structures, faculty members who are expected to implement these bold new visions will be out singing up for their senior citizen discount cards. Is it any cause for alarm?
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The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals
Rankin, Elizabeth
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2001
From the Publisher
No matter what the writing assignment -- journal article, executive summary, grant proposal, curriculum guide, or consultant's report -- The Work of Writing will serve as an invaluable aid for faculty and professionals who need to hone their writing skills. In this book, Elizabeth Rankin draws on her years of experience as a leader of academic writing groups and shares a wealth of scenarios from actual writing experiences. These...
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True and False
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Turning Professors into Teachers: A New Approach to Faculty Development and Student Learning
Katz, Joseph and Mildred Henry
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ
1998
From the Publisher
A really thoughtful and skillful examination (based on two research projects conducted between 1978 and 1987 which involved fifteen institutions) of the ways in which faculty and students think and learn, offering a concept of undergraduate teaching as a lifelong art that involves the continuous interaction of professors and students.
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Universal Challenges in Faculty Work: Fresh Perspectives from Around the World
Cranton, Patricia
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1997
From the Publisher
Global developments directly or indirectly affect teaching and learning in higher education. In this new era of telecommunication revolution and growing international cooperation, it is time for university and college teachers to talk across national boundaries about teaching. In this volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning, contributors from around the world describe issues they are currently facing in their teaching...
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Using Consultants to Improve Teaching
Knapper, Christopher and Sergio Peccinin
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1999
From the Publisher
With increasing calls for accountability of faculty, the use of peers as teaching consultants could be the answer to how to monitor our own effectiveness as professionals.
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What the Best College Teachers Do
Bain, Ken
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
2004
From the Publisher
Winner of the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize awarded annually by Harvard University Press for an outstanding book on education and society. What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators. The short answer...
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Working Effectively with Graduate Assistants
Nyquist, Jody D. and Donald H. Wulff
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
1996
From the Publisher
While graduate assistants are valued as labour savers, they are also a precious resource whose preprofessional training needs careful design. Written by two leading authorities in the field of instructional development, this indispensable guide details the skills necessary for academics dealing with graduate assistants. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of assistant preparation and assessment, and a chapter...
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Writing Alone and With Others
Schneider, Pat
Oxford University Press, New York, NY
2003
From the Publisher
For more than a quarter of a century, Pat Schneider has helped writers find and liberate their true voices. She has taught all kinds -- the award winning, the struggling, and those who have been silenced by poverty and hardship. |
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