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Jordan W. Bennett – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Non-major music students are an integral part of university music departments, as they both bolster the department's enrollment numbers and bring diverse perspectives to the ensembles, lessons, and classes in which they participate. Although most non-majors focus their time on ensembles, a few choose to include lessons as part of their experience.…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Outcomes of Education, Nonmajors
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Wafa Mohammed Aldighrir – European Journal of Education, 2024
This study aimed to evaluate the crisis management plans in Saudi Arabian universities by identifying key challenges and obstacles. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 473 faculty members. The participants completed a survey that included the university campus's existing crisis management plans, educational leaders' challenges in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Crisis Management, Emergency Programs, Planning
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Ambroise Baker; Lisa Baldini; Jamie Bojko; Katy Chamberlain; Amber Collings; Chris Ennis; Jibin He; Jens Holtvoeth; Danny McNally; Caroline Orr; Catherine Pschenyckyj; Alison Reid; Ed Rollason; Gillian Taylor – Journal of Research Administration, 2024
Newly appointed lecturers joining teaching-focussed environments can encounter significant challenges to sustain a successful research career. Some of these challenges pertain to the existing work culture and the suitability of mentoring. At the same time, success in academia is typically associated with the "academic super-hero" model…
Descriptors: Research Administration, College Faculty, Departments, Faculty Workload
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McClendon, Jennifer; Lane, Shannon R.; Flowers, Theresa D. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
This study explores faculty-to-faculty incivility in schools of social work, which has implications for the implicit curriculum and modeling professional values. A total of 243 social work faculty participated in the study, and faculty-to-faculty incivility was perceived as a moderate to serious problem. Physical threats were considered the most…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Social Work, Teacher Behavior, Peer Relationship
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Oxendine, Symphony D.; Robinson, Kerry K.; Parker, Michele A. – To Improve the Academy, 2022
This article outlines an appreciative inquiry (AI) into a departmental professional development process and describes the resulting implementation of an appreciative peer evaluation meeting as one part of the new professional development process. Using AI, a departmental faculty development committee sought to re-envision the professional…
Descriptors: Departments, Faculty Development, Teacher Evaluation, Peer Evaluation
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White-Lewis, Damani K. – Review of Higher Education, 2022
This study examines the role of deans, department chairs, and diversity officers within the faculty diversity and hiring discourse. Using an embedded case study approach, I conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 administrative and academic leaders across four academic departments to understand their theories of change to advance faculty…
Descriptors: Deans, Department Heads, Administrator Role, Case Studies
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Shoenthal, David – PRIMUS, 2020
In this paper, I highlight several facets of personnel issues that can arise during one's time as a mathematics department chair and recommend communication strategies to address them. The strategies involve situations with individual faculty members, general communication with faculty, and communication with the administration.
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Faculty, Department Heads, Communication Strategies
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Lin, Meng-Fen Grace; Eichelberger, Ariana – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
For an academic unit to remain relevant, it must continually evolve. This paper provides a rare view into the process taken by one academic department embracing change to improve its communications and envision its future. Tasked with planning a departmental retreat, two faculty members designed a series of activities inspired by design thinking…
Descriptors: Organizational Communication, Departments, College Faculty, Information Dissemination
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Suriaman, Aminah; Manurung, Konder; Mukrim; Apridayani, Aisah; Agussatriana – International Journal of Language Education, 2023
Universities or institutions currently use the Learning Management System (LMS) platform as an e-learning platform. It may be utilized successfully as a platform to engage students in a classroom context. This study aims to determine the use of the learning management system (LMS) in English language learning based on analyzing students'…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes, Language Tests
Greene, Jay P.; Gonzalez, Mike – Heritage Foundation, 2023
Surprisingly, public universities in Virginia have larger diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) bureaucracies than taxpayer-funded universities in any other state. George Mason University, which has a reputation as a right-of-center institution, has 7.4 DEI personnel per 100 tenure-track faculty, which is the highest of any public university in…
Descriptors: State Universities, Equal Education, Diversity, Inclusion
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Pifer, Meghan J.; Baker, Vicki L.; Lunsford, Laura Gail – Review of Higher Education, 2019
Learning more about the role of the academic department in LACs may improve faculty selection, development, support, and retention. Knowledge based on research about other institution types cannot be assumed to be generalizable to LACs. We know little about departmental contexts of faculty work in liberal arts colleges (LACs). The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, College Faculty, Organizational Culture, Departments
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Jones, Sosanya M.; Kee, Chad – SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice Education, 2021
In general, diversity educators are hired to create, facilitate, and support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts to signal institutional value in these areas and ultimately creating a socially just environment. This qualitative study highlights 6 virtual focus group sessions and 8 one-on-one interviews. The focus group sessions and…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Diversity, College Faculty, Minority Group Teachers
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Shaked, Haim – Higher Education Quarterly, 2021
Instructional leadership demands educational leaders to become intensely involved in improving teaching and learning. While extensive research found this approach to be beneficial in school settings, it was insufficiently explored in higher education. Therefore, the current study explored how Israeli higher education leaders perceive their…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Department Heads
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Ather, Tazeen; Awan, Riffat-un-Nisa – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2021
In competitive organizations, knowledge management is fundamentally considered support towards performance. Therefore, in the 21st century, leaders broadly implement knowledge into organizational settings to earn a competitive advantage. This paper mainly determines to explore the effect of knowledge management practices and leadership styles…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Leadership Styles, Department Heads, College Faculty
Walsh, Courtney; Tyler, John – AIP Statistical Research Center, 2021
Like many workers in the United States, physics and astronomy faculty members' careers and work situations have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the spring semester of 2021, AIP's Statistical Research Center surveyed a sample of faculty members regarding their experiences during the pandemic, and this Focus On outlines how faculty…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Science Teachers, Physics, Astronomy
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