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Involving Faculty In Aod Prevention, Charles G. Eberly, Becky Markwell
Involving Faculty In Aod Prevention, Charles G. Eberly, Becky Markwell
Charles G. Eberly
This presentation was done with the Director of the Illinois Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Other Drug and Violence Prevention to suggest avenues that campus prevention specialists might use to involve college and university faculty members in AOD prevention
Faculty Diversity, Kyle Scafide, Barbara Johnson
Faculty Diversity, Kyle Scafide, Barbara Johnson
Kyle Scafide
This article presents a broad view of issues related to faculty diversity. Headings include Demographics, The Growth of Faculty Diversity as an Ideal, and Barriers in the Academic Workplace. Race, ethnicity, and gender are the most common characteristics that institutions observe in order to measure faculty diversity. An even broader approach to faculty diversity involves age, socioeconomic background, national origin, sexual orientation, and diverse learning styles and opinions. Until the latter part of the twentieth century, the professoriate in the western world was composed almost exclusively of privileged, heterosexual males of Caucasian descent. Higher education institutions are generally concerned with …
La Satisfacción En El Trabajo De Académicos De Una Universidad Pública Estatal, Jesús F. Galaz-Fontes
La Satisfacción En El Trabajo De Académicos De Una Universidad Pública Estatal, Jesús F. Galaz-Fontes
Jesús Francisco Galaz Fontes
A partir de una encuesta realizada a académicos en una universidad pública estatal, se midieron los niveles de satisfacción global y específica en el trabajo de los de tiempo completo que la contestaron. La satisfacción global en el trabajo fue alta, lo misma que la relativa a la docencia y autonomía individual. En contraste, los niveles de satisfacción fueron inferiores y bajos cuando se consideraron las actividades de investigación, desarrollo profesional, la participación de los académicos en la toma de decisiones académicas y aspectos contextuales al trabajo como evaluación, supervisión y salario. Al desagregar los datos por tipo de unidad …
The Political Nature Of The Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, Imanol Ordorika
The Political Nature Of The Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, Imanol Ordorika
Imanol Ordorika
No abstract provided.
Barreras De Entrada A La Educación Superior Y A Oportunidades Profesionales Para La Población Indígena Mexicana, Martin Carnoy, Lucrecia Santibañez, Alma Maldonado-Maldonado, Imanol Ordorika
Barreras De Entrada A La Educación Superior Y A Oportunidades Profesionales Para La Población Indígena Mexicana, Martin Carnoy, Lucrecia Santibañez, Alma Maldonado-Maldonado, Imanol Ordorika
Imanol Ordorika
No abstract provided.
Dissertation: Educating The Best And The Brightest: Collegiate Honors Programs And The Intellectual, Social And Psychological Development Of Students., Frank Shushok Jr.
Dissertation: Educating The Best And The Brightest: Collegiate Honors Programs And The Intellectual, Social And Psychological Development Of Students., Frank Shushok Jr.
Frank Shushok Jr.
Do honors programs make a difference in student outcomes such as retention, satisfaction, and academic performance? Despite their popularity and high cost, there has been little research on the relationship between honors programs and student outcomes. This study was designed to assess how two groups of similarly credentialed first-year students at a Carnegie classification "Doctoral/Research Extensive" university in the Eastern united States were affected by participation in an honors program or the traditional curriculum.