Identifies five critical issues with which higher education institutions in the developing world must grapple as they respond to changing external contexts, offers examples of institutional responses to these issues, and considers these within a systems perspective which recognizes that each response impacts how institutions handle other critical issues.
Half of the students enrolled in higher education worldwide live in developing countries. Yet, in many developing countries, government and education leaders express serious concerns about the ability of their colleges and...
Identifies five critical issues with which higher education institutions in the developing world must grapple as they respond to changing external ...
Written for educators, administrators, policy makers, and anyone else concerned with the future of higher education, Rethinking Faculty Work shows how changes in higher education are transforming the careers of faculty and provides a model that makes it possible for all faculty to be in a position to do their best. This important resource offers a vision of academic workplaces that will attract superb faculty committed to fulfilling the missions of the universities and colleges where they work.
Written for educators, administrators, policy makers, and anyone else concerned with the future of higher education, Rethinking Faculty Work sh...
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, the most important developments in practice, and informed analysis on improving graduate education and preparing the future faculty. This important book includes chapters from some of the best-known researchers, practitioners, and scholars working to prepare the faculty of the future.
Paths to the Professoriate offers all those involved in higher education--everyone from administrators to scholars to graduate students--a much...
In recent years, new expectations of higher education from parents, employers, trustees, and government leaders have contributed to broad institutional changes. Recognizing that the quality of a university or college is closely related to that of its faculty members, many institutions have increased their efforts to support and enrich faculty work. Creating the Future of Faculty Development addresses this growing need for faculty development by exploring how faculty development has evolved and envisioning its future.
Based on a study of nearly 500 faculty developers from all...
In recent years, new expectations of higher education from parents, employers, trustees, and government leaders have contributed to broad institutiona...
Despite considerable research that has provided a better understanding of the challenges of doctoral education, it remains the case that only 57% of all doctoral students will complete their programs.
This groundbreaking volume sheds new light on determinants for doctoral student success and persistence by examining the socialization and developmental experiences of students through multiple lenses of individual, disciplinary, and institutional contexts.
This book comprehensively critiques existing models and views of doctoral student socialization, and offers a new...
Despite considerable research that has provided a better understanding of the challenges of doctoral education, it remains the case that only 57% of a...
Andrea L. Beach Mary Deane Sorcinelli Ann E. Austin
The first decade of the 21st century brought major challenges to higher education, all of which have implications for and impact the future of faculty professional development. This volume provides the field with an important snapshot of faculty development structures, priorities and practices in a period of change, and uses the collective wisdom of those engaged with teaching, learning, and faculty development centers and programs to identify important new directions for practice.
Building on their previous study of a decade ago, published under the title of Creating the...
The first decade of the 21st century brought major challenges to higher education, all of which have implications for and impact the future of faculty...
Andrea L. Beach Mary Deane Sorcinelli Ann E. Austin
The first decade of the 21st century brought major challenges to higher education, all of which have implications for and impact the future of faculty professional development. This volume provides the field with an important snapshot of faculty development structures, priorities and practices in a period of change, and uses the collective wisdom of those engaged with teaching, learning, and faculty development centers and programs to identify important new directions for practice.
Building on their previous study of a decade ago, published under the title of Creating the...
The first decade of the 21st century brought major challenges to higher education, all of which have implications for and impact the future of faculty...
