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The Academic Workplace (Fall 1989): The Roots Of Faculty Dissatisfaction, New England Resource Center For Higher Education At The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Zelda F. Gamson, Sandra E. Elman, Ernest A. Lynton Oct 1989

The Academic Workplace (Fall 1989): The Roots Of Faculty Dissatisfaction, New England Resource Center For Higher Education At The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Zelda F. Gamson, Sandra E. Elman, Ernest A. Lynton

The Academic Workplace

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The Academic Workplace: Perception Versus Reality, Sandra E. Elman Oct 1989

The Academic Workplace: Perception Versus Reality, Sandra E. Elman

New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications

Why are faculty becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the academic workplace? What accounts for burnout and low morale among so many college and university faculty? Is work life for professionals any more satisfying in the business world? What can academic leaders learn from business executives who work vigorously to reenergize their enterprises? Are corporate strategies aimed at enhancing the quality of work life applicable to improving satisfaction and productivity in our colleges and universities?

These concerns were addressed by a number of education leaders at a conference on faculty work life jointly sponsored by the New England Resource …


Teaching Critical And Creative Thinking Skills As Part Of The Technical Communications Curriculum, Anne Harrington Sep 1989

Teaching Critical And Creative Thinking Skills As Part Of The Technical Communications Curriculum, Anne Harrington

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

I incorporated critical thinking instruction in the writing curriculum by using three writing projects: journal writing, a policy paper on AIDS, and an assignment to evaluate grammar checkers. In their journal writing students both generated and evaluated ideas. In the AIDS project, they reinforced these convergent and divergent thinking skills within the context of a real-world issue. For the software project, students practiced thinking skills in an arena that was more technical and objective, but in which they were evaluating fundamental writing criteria. These diverse assignments, based on a philosophically compatible approach to the teaching of writing, helped students develop …