While gamification and game-based learning have both been demonstrated to have a host of educational benefits for university students, many university educators do not routinely use these approaches in their teaching. Therefore, this systematic review, conducted using the PRISMA guidelines, sought to identify the primary drivers and barriers to…

The purpose of this study was to determine the merit and applicability of the mid-career faculty development model proposed by Baldwin and Chang (2006). A total of 7 associate and 10 full professors participated in semi-structured interviews. Categories were developed from an inductive analysis. The results showed positive support for the model…

Community colleges are increasing their use of part-time faculty who are taking a leading role in utilizing technology for instructional purposes. Part-time faculty are less likely than their full-time counterparts to use technology for instructional purposes and are less likely to teach non-face-to-face classes. For community colleges to be…

This national study of colleges and universities examined 33 variables found to act as incentives to motivate faculty to engage in grant-related activities. A survey questionnaire was sent to 163 colleges and universities, and of these, 104 returned them. The results of a series of statistical analyses suggested that a small, but significant,…

Views of 112 college faculty about sabbaticals and leaves were studied at Indiana University. Attention was focused on: the extent to which sabbaticals and leaves were important to faculty careers and the benefits of these opportunities; factors that constrain professional growth; and the university's role in providing opportunities that…

Colleges continue to offer growing numbers of courses and programs of study through distance education technologies. Yet despite this growth, relatively little is known about what inspires faculty to teach with a technology-mediated approach. The current study was designed as an exploration into the incentives that faculty perceive as motivating.…

Sex differences in faculty members' use of and evaluation of sabbaticals and leaves taken at a large research university were examined. Attention was directed to sex differences in two faculty programs: a competitive leave program, established in 1954, which awards faculty a leave for one quarter at full pay; and a noncompetitive sabbatical…

This paper reports the result of a three-year research project that implemented the idea of university professors as volunteers to provide released time for public school inservice teachers. It reviews the conception of the idea and gives a detailed account of an actual experiment involving a group of professors and a local high school. The…

This paper argues that community colleges can contain costs by reducing faculty reassigned time, defined as a conscious or deliberate management action, either discretionary or mandated, that releases full-time faculty from teaching duties in order to perform other tasks. According to the paper, standard financial accounting systems have a…

The first volume of this three-part report summarizes the findings of a 9-month study to describe faculty development at all three segments of California public higher education: the University of California, California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Following introductory sections on the background of the study, this…

The second volume of this three-part report presents the findings of a study of faculty development programs in the three segments of California public higher education: the University of California, California State University, and the California Community Colleges. This volume is comprised of the following sections: study background and purpose;…

Significant contractual provisions in negotiating faculty workload were identified, using data on over 300 faculty contracts, 273 of which were in force on January 1, 1980. Individual campuses covered by these agreements numbered over 650. The following contractual workload provisions were assessed: workload credit hour teaching, load, overload…

Faculty development programs in different types of colleges are considered, along with support of faculty development by private foundations, including the Bush Foundation's Faculty Development Program. The evolution of faculty development in institutions in the United States is traced, with emphasis on efforts in the last 15 years. A literature…

The third volume of this three-part report provides additional information concerning a study of faculty development in the three segments of California public higher education: the University of California, California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Section I of this volume presents study findings and background material…