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Envisioning the Faculty for the Twenty-first Century : Moving to a Mission-Oriented and Learner-Centered Model /
The institution of tenure-once a cornerstone of American colleges and universities-is rapidly eroding. Envisioning the Faculty for the Twenty-First Century weighs the concerns of university administrators, professors, adjuncts, and students in order to investigate whether there are ways to modify th...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One. The Context for a New Faculty Model; 1. The Current Context for Faculty Work in Higher Education. Understanding the Forces Affecting Higher Education and the Changing Faculty; 2. Recognizing the Need for a New Faculty Model; Part Two. Ideas for a New Faculty Model; 3. An Emerging Consensus about New Faculty Roles. Results of a National Study of Higher Education Stakeholders; 4. Core Principles for Faculty Models and the Importance of Community; 5. The Anatomy and Physiology of Medical School Faculty Career Models.
- 6. Students Speak about Faculty. What Students Need, What They Want, and What Helps Them Succeed7. Faculty as Learners. The New Faculty Role through the Lens of Faculty Development; 8. More Than a Zero-Sum Game. Shared Work Agreements; 9. A New Paradigm for Faculty Work and Evaluation; 10. Internationalization and Faculty Work; 11. The Future of Faculty Work. Academic Freedom and Democratic Engagement; 12. Aspirations and Inclinations among Emerging and Early-Career Faculty Members. Leveraging Strengths, Imagining Possibilities.
- 13. Resonant Themes for a Professoriate Reconsidered. Consensus Points to Organize Efforts toward ChangeAbout the Contributors; Index.