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Direct linkCaryl Lynn Walling – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore the extent that contingent faculty from Michigan's 15 public universities engage with on and off-campus professional development (PD) to improve their teaching practice. Addressing a spectrum of research questions, this study utilized an explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Universities, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
Bethany Ann Potts – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Part-time non-tenure track faculty, also referred to as adjunct faculty, are the fastest growing instructional group in higher education, but they are provided minimal professional support from their employing institution(s). This lack of support is a problem because working conditions shape instructors' investment and efficacy of performance in…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Faculty Development, Part Time Faculty, Nontenured Faculty
Peer reviewedSchmid, Megan E.; Bajcz, Alex W.; Balster, Nicholas J. – Teacher Development, 2021
Early-career faculty (ECF) are faced with maintaining excellence in teaching and research for tenure. However, many enter academia with little or no teaching experience. Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence, a year-long professional development program, was designed to mitigate these pressures and help faculty become fast, efficient, and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness
Download full textPacheco, Guillermo; Espinoza, María-Isabel; Cabrera-Arias, Sandra; Cabrera-Tenecela, Patricio – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Continuous changes in social demand and development provide an acute and continuous pressure on universities. The question is whether higher education institutions (HEI) in Ecuador deliver graduates with the competences to provide timely economic, ecological, and sustainable solutions. Additionally, HEIs should prepare graduates to find employment…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Aptitude
Carlucci, Pandora Grewe – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation explores the socialization of full-time, non-tenure-track (FTNTT) faculty members at two U.S. urban, public research universities. The increase in the use of non-tenure-track faculty appointments has been driven by the need to maximize the use of limited resources, while at the same time, address the need for increases in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Urban Schools, Public Colleges, Research Universities
Frias, Mary Lou – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Fiscal constraints, understaffing, increased enrollments, demand for professional education, and the need for a more flexible workforce account for increases in the employment of part-time faculty in higher education. Part-time faculty tend to teach large, introductory courses for first and second-year students, who are in the "risk…
Descriptors: Socialization, Public Colleges, Institutional Role, Collegiality
