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Larson, Lincoln R.; Duffy, Lauren N.; Fernandez, Mariela; Sturts, Jill; Gray, Joey; Powell, Gwynn M. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2019
Tenure-track positions at institutions of higher education are often highly coveted because they offer job stability, academic freedom, and higher pay. Despite this allure, the academic career path is fraught with challenges, particularly during the first few years of a tenure-track position where one must balance new demands and escalating…
Descriptors: Tenure, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Minority Group Teachers
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Espino, Michelle M.; Zambrana, Ruth E. – Review of Higher Education, 2019
This article contrasts perceptions among 58 under-represented minority (URM) faculty employed at U.S. research-extensive universities who reported an absence of mentoring or experienced informal or formal mentoring modalities. Key findings reveal a mentoring glass ceiling that affects URM faculty career paths: an absence of mentoring can lead to…
Descriptors: Minority Group Teachers, College Faculty, Mentors, Career Development
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Valtierra, Kristina M. – AILACTE Journal, 2022
This article shares innovative practices from a workshop series called Teach and Thrive Learning Circles (TTLCs) offered to pre-service and recent graduates from the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at Colorado College (CC). TTLCs aim to proactively prime pre-service and early career teachers to navigate the pressures that can contribute…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Masters Programs, Teacher Education Programs, Workshops
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Chen, Xin; Cheung, Monit; Zhou, Shu; Leung, Patrick; Glaude, Maurya – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2020
Eleven doctoral interns and 9 faculty mentors participated in a two-year Teaching Mentorship Project (TMP). Qualitative analyses of 20 interviews and reflective writing by the interns resulted in six themes: preparation and guidance from mentors; teaching innovation; teaching rehearsal with intern peers; mentor-intern reciprocal support; teaching…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Mentors, Teaching Methods
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Bhopal, Kalwant – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2020
This article explores the effect of mentoring on the career progression of Black and minority ethnic (BME) academics in senior roles in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). It draws on 37 interviews with BME academics working in HEIs in the UK and argues that whilst universities present a strong rhetoric of equality and diversity; this is not…
Descriptors: Career Development, Blacks, Minority Group Teachers, College Faculty
Wallace Foundation, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act has made funds available to states and districts to speed up recovery from the effects of COVID-19, including addressing learning loss. The Wallace Foundation has distilled evidence from its work that may be helpful in informing choices about how to spend those funds, as well as how to implement key strategies.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Schedules
Brooke Beiter – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Principal retention is a growing concern for educational leaders in the United States. This comes at a time when millennial educators are also rising into positions of leadership with the reputation of a high turnover generation. Millennials have named mentorship as a preferred method for professional growth. Decades of research speaks to the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Self Efficacy, Generational Differences, Instructional Leadership
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Heffernan, Troy A. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
Levels of career support for sessional academics vary widely. This paper surveyed 109 sessional academics and demonstrates that a lack of career development for them is a widespread issue. The study finds that some sessional academics receive career support opportunities, while others receive nothing. As the number of sessional academics continues…
Descriptors: Career Development, Higher Education, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty
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Martini, Mattia; Cavenago, Dario – International Journal of Training and Development, 2017
This paper explores the effects on workers' employability of workplace development opportunities during employment as perceived by the workers themselves. Data was collected through a survey conducted in 2012 in Italy using a sample of 558 workers. The aim was to test the effects of participation in training courses, workplace learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Employment Potential, Career Development
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Casey, J. Elizabeth; Lin, Runchang; Mireles, Selina V.; Goonatilake, Rohitha – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2019
The goal of the College of Arts & Sciences Community-aid (CASC-aid) project, a National Science Foundation grant funded study (2016-2021), is to develop, implement, and evaluate a program that fosters a community of academic success for Hispanic STEM students. This Hispanic Serving Institute continues to provide a variety of supports to…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, STEM Education, Academic Achievement, Success
Miles, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Students are not succeeding in post-secondary education in California: 52% of community college students and 46% of students in 4-year institutions fail to graduate within 6 years. Traditionally underrepresented students have far higher rates of non-completion. In part this is because they have not been given an opportunity to engage in a…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Career Readiness, Curriculum Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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Stawicki, Stanislaw P., Ed. – IntechOpen, 2022
Graduate medical education (GME) continues its decades-long evolution. Evidence-based approaches are increasingly transforming the way we educate, evaluate, and promote GME trainees. Key to this transformation is our ability to recognize that "medical education" constitutes a true lifelong continuum, beginning with pre-medical education,…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Coping, Emotional Intelligence, Coaching (Performance)
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Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso; Nwajiuba, Chinyere Augusta; Binuomote, Michael Olayinka; Ehiobuche, Christian; Igu, Ntasiobi Chikezie Nwankwo; Ajoke, Ogungboyega Suliyat – Education & Training, 2020
Purpose: This study explores how career training with mentoring (CTM) programs work in Nigerian higher education (HE) institutions to foster students' career development and employability of graduates. It also explores how Nigerian HE curriculum can be adequately used to facilitate CTM as well as possible constraints to effective implementation of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Job Training, Mentors, Higher Education
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German, Komi T.; Sweeny, Kate; Robbins, Megan L. – Professional Development in Education, 2019
During graduate school, students learn to navigate the workplace that many will seek to enter. For those pursuing an academic career, the faculty advisor is invaluable. Although research has revealed associations between advisor satisfaction and specific academic outcomes, the advisor's role in students' career prospects is unknown. Thus, the aim…
Descriptors: Faculty Advisers, Academic Advising, Doctoral Students, Labor Market
Jackson, Patsy – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study is to investigate the lived experience of females who ascended to rural community college presidencies. This study explores their perceptions of barriers and facilitators that influenced their success in capturing a rural community college presidency. Lastly, this study aims to examine their…
Descriptors: Females, Rural Schools, Women Administrators, College Presidents
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