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Merrill, Henry S. – Adult Learning, 2012
This article shares a reframing of lifelong learning beyond a formal career. Like many of his peers, after 40 years in postsecondary education, the author has moved beyond his most recent full-time work teaching in an adult education graduate program to emeritus faculty status. In this article, he shares his experience moving into the next phase…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, College Faculty, Retirement, Older Adults
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Barczyk, Casimir; Buckenmeyer, Janet; Feldman, Lori; Hixon, Emily – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2011
This study describes assessment results from the Distance Education Mentoring Program (DEMP) at Purdue University Calumet, Indiana, USA. The program, sponsored by the university's Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, was made available to all teaching faculty who wished to become proteges and develop their skills at teaching online courses. The…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Mentors, Distance Education, Online Courses
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Wasburn, Mara H. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2007
Numerous studies of college and university faculty have shown that women have fewer mentors and face greater professional isolation, slower rates of promotion, and increased likelihood of leaving an institution before gaining tenure than do their male counterparts. Comparable problems confront women in both national and international corporations…
Descriptors: Mentors, Women Faculty, College Faculty, Career Development