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Understanding the Work and Perceptions of Teaching Focused Faculty in a Changing Academic Landscape
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Rawn, Catherine D.; Fox, Joanne A. – Research in Higher Education, 2018
Teaching Focused Faculty (TFF) roles are growing across Canada and around the world, raising questions about how to understand the nature of faculty work and how faculty in non-traditional work distributions feel about their work. Our study is the first attempt to survey TFF members' work and job attitudes at large research intensive universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty
Postsecondary Student Persistence and Pathways: Evidence from the YITS-A in Canada
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Childs, Stephen E.; Finnie, Ross; Martinello, Felice – Research in Higher Education, 2017
The Youth in Transition Survey is used to follow the postsecondary education (PSE) pathways and outcomes of Canadian youth over the mid 2000s. Students starting at community colleges and four year universities are analyzed separately. First program outcomes are reported, showing the proportions of students who leave their first programs but remain…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Longitudinal Studies
Criteria for Granting Research Training Awards to Graduate Students.
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O'Brecht, Michael; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1989
Survey data from 458 former health science graduate students were examined for correlations between variables that might be used in selecting research training award recipients and successful training outcome defined as a highly productive research career. Four variables that showed promise as useful indicators of posttraining research are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discriminant Analysis, Factor Analysis, Grades (Scholastic)