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Evaluation Of A Trustees Leadership Academy At The Medical University Of South Carolina, Elizabeth Pilcher, Kelly Ragucci, Jennie Arial, Monica Cayouette
Evaluation Of A Trustees Leadership Academy At The Medical University Of South Carolina, Elizabeth Pilcher, Kelly Ragucci, Jennie Arial, Monica Cayouette
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Developing leaders in academic medicine has become a priority for many academic health science centers. The increased need for these leaders as well as the desire of individuals on such campuses to enhance their skills in teaching, research and leadership is driving the increase in faculty development programs.
An Examination Of Tension In The Space Between Leadership Philosophy And The Cultural Reality Of Schools, Lisa Starr
An Examination Of Tension In The Space Between Leadership Philosophy And The Cultural Reality Of Schools, Lisa Starr
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Diversity is what gives our society depth and arguably beauty but it also problematizes already complex social issues like the importance and value placed on the education. In part, this challenge exists because public education is founded on the “values and belief systems of the dominant cultural and linguistic class” (Goddard & Hart, 2007, p. 16) yet schools are a complex, heterogeneous weave of cultures (Murakami-Ramalho, 2008). According to Chambers (2003), Canadian students are “probably the most ethnically, racially, linguistically, and religiously diverse of any school population in the world” (p. 223). This is no less true in the United …
Fostering Equity & Diversity In Faculty Recruitment, Janet Fleetwood, Nancy Aebersold
Fostering Equity & Diversity In Faculty Recruitment, Janet Fleetwood, Nancy Aebersold
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Participating in a search for a new faculty member, whether as a search committee member, search committee chairperson, department chairperson, or dean, poses unique challenges for those in academics. Though we may be an expert in conducting rigorous research, a prolific writer, or a gifted “sage on the stage” in the classroom, few of us are also experts in academic recruiting. All too frequently we bumble through the search process, hoping fervently that the person we ultimately hire – the person who will likely be our colleague for decades – is someone who will turn out to be a serious …
Morphosis Leadership Being Visionaries In A Changing World, Stefanos Gialamas, Peggy Pelonis
Morphosis Leadership Being Visionaries In A Changing World, Stefanos Gialamas, Peggy Pelonis
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Living in a rapidly evolving society where change occurs continuously and on multiple levels, has created a need, more than ever before, for leadership that reflects this new reality. The changes in demographics, the forming of multicultural families, the diversity on an economic, educational, social and ethnic level, as well as the further rise of multinational corporations are all changes that are challenging traditional values and principles. Thus the quest for Authentic Leadership is rising, and it is an idea which implies that leadership is very personal. Why Authentic leadership? One might ask. Because, “there is evidence of the desire …
Teaching Cultural Sensitivity To Pediatric Residents, Ralitsa Akins
Teaching Cultural Sensitivity To Pediatric Residents, Ralitsa Akins
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Teaching cultural sensitivity to healthcare professionals is critical in providing appropriate care to diverse patient populations. Constantly increasing U.S. immigrant population and growing numbers of international medical graduates practicing in the U.S. bring the issue of appropriate cross-cultural training to the forefront of addressing health disparities. Cultural competence training of healthcare professionals and provision of culturally sensitive patient care is the responsibility of healthcare leadership.1 Acquiring awareness and knowledge about cultural differences requires focused development of skills to communicate with patients from diverse cultures; this is a process developed through professional training and experience.2 Few professional continuous education programs have …
Effects Of Case-Based Learning On Preservice Secondary Teachers’ Multicultural Attitudes: A Mixed Methods Study, Kathryn Lee, Emily Summers, Rubén Garza
Effects Of Case-Based Learning On Preservice Secondary Teachers’ Multicultural Attitudes: A Mixed Methods Study, Kathryn Lee, Emily Summers, Rubén Garza
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
As our society changes, so must our teacher education practices. In the past decade, the Southwestern U.S. has been transforming into a majority minority region (U.S. Census Bureau 2005), which must in turn reframe the underpinnings of teacher education in this area of our country. As teacher educators, we have known that many preservice teachers lagged in their preparedness to teach students who are culturally, ethnically, and linguistically different from themselves. Teacher education increasingly is being criticized as having inabilities to instruct teacher candidates in ways that produce greater K-12 student learning; diversity awareness will be a cornerstone if we …
Race, Ethnicity, And Specialized Business Accreditation, Bonnie Garrity, Veronika Lengyel
Race, Ethnicity, And Specialized Business Accreditation, Bonnie Garrity, Veronika Lengyel
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented at selective colleges and universities in the United States (Dickerson and Jacobs 2006; Niu et al. 2006). The colleges themselves also play a role by deciding which students are admitted. Since Black and Hispanic students have lower average SAT scores than White and Asian students (Davies and Guppy 1997) and Black students have lower average GMAT scores than White and Asian students (Cross and Slater 1998), heavy emphasis on these test scores in admissions decisions may limit the opportunities for Black and Hispanic students. However, the long-term implications of enrollment patterns and economic returns …
Web-Based Course Content: An Emerging Consideration For Authenticity From A Learner Perspective, Laurie Bedford
Web-Based Course Content: An Emerging Consideration For Authenticity From A Learner Perspective, Laurie Bedford
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
More organizations and instructors are incorporating authentic learning strategies into the instructional paradigm of the classroom. One advantage of this ideology is that the diversity of individual learners can be capitalized upon through a dialogue consisting of multiple perspectives. In these contemporary classrooms, the curriculum becomes a more fluid, personal entity based on experience, prior knowledge and individual expertise (Bedford, Wiebe, and Tschida, 2008). At the same time, a plethora of information which draws upon multiple perspectives is also more readily available and accessible though electronic venues—primarily via the Internet. The abundance of available information provides opportunities for learners to …
Urban Versus Rural Community Colleges: A National Study Of Student Gender And Ethnicity, Sharon Waller, Tara Tietjen-Smith, Jason Davis, Michael Copeland
Urban Versus Rural Community Colleges: A National Study Of Student Gender And Ethnicity, Sharon Waller, Tara Tietjen-Smith, Jason Davis, Michael Copeland
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Approximately half of the U.S. population currently lives in suburban locales, one-fourth in big cities, and another fourth in small towns and rural areas. Hodgkinson (2003) indicates that the U.S. population is undergoing an increasing migration into rural areas. This relocation holds many challenging and ominous implications for urban and rural higher education as colleges and universities struggle to meet the divergent needs of shifting demographics. Public community colleges are especially impacted by these changes in student populations.
From Social Justice To Collaborative Activism: Changing The Landscape Of Academic Leadership, C. Gause
From Social Justice To Collaborative Activism: Changing The Landscape Of Academic Leadership, C. Gause
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
The new millennium arrived with great economic prosperity; however, currently the United State faces a weaker economy, a depressed housing market, a costly Iraq war and all the old problems of the late 20th century; power, race, identity, violence, and ethics. Current challenges for educators: 1) the increase number of charter schools; 2) voucher programs; 3) increases in immigrant populations; 4) for profit educational organizations; 5) inadequate funding for No Child Left Behind; 6) inequities regarding accountability; 7) and the re-segregation of public schools along class/racial lines. These challenges have broad implications for higher education. According to Hopkins (1997) education …
Understanding The Teacher Professional Development Facilitators And Barriers To Serve A Diverse Student Population, David Bell, Earl Thomas
Understanding The Teacher Professional Development Facilitators And Barriers To Serve A Diverse Student Population, David Bell, Earl Thomas
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
In recent years there has been a growing interest in serving the needs of diverse learners. Many school districts in response to this growing interest have launched special in-service programs to educate and train teachers on culturally sensitive teaching approaches for serving diverse learners. Many of these professional development programs have implemented one-shot workshops that attempt to transform the school-environment and teacher practices. Although, such efforts have consistently yielded little to no impact on transformation of the school environment and teacher practices they continue to be the preferred teacher professional development model. Nothing has been so frustrating and wasteful as …
Cultural Diversity Analysis Of A Hot-Rodder, Michael Gross
Cultural Diversity Analysis Of A Hot-Rodder, Michael Gross
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Pick a lesson plan that you have recently developed. How have you incorporated the cultural backgrounds of your students? Discuss how you would modify that lesson plan to incorporate strategies that meet the learning needs of auditory, visual, and tactile/kinesthetic learners. How could you tie in different intelligences?
Not On My Watch: How To Have A Diverse Academic Program And High Quality Students In Your Program At The Same Time?, Marcheta Evans
Not On My Watch: How To Have A Diverse Academic Program And High Quality Students In Your Program At The Same Time?, Marcheta Evans
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Here is the dilemma: The faculty in my department wants to use the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) as a criterion for admissions into our Master’s program. This is a new shift since my university has made the decision to move to a research one institution. Now on the outside, this sounds like a wonderful idea. The university where I am employed is a Hispanic serving institution with over 28,000 students. We have developed many new doctoral programs including a new Ph.D. program in my department. So, of course, the next step is to move up in the Carnegie rankings to …
Motivation Of Asian Americans To Study Medicine: A Pilot Study, Ralitsa Akins
Motivation Of Asian Americans To Study Medicine: A Pilot Study, Ralitsa Akins
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
In the Background section, major trends in medical school population diversity are explored in regard to Asian American cultural values for success, Asian educational values and traditions, and relatedness to immigration laws fostering professional workforce immigration. This background exploration, presenting the diverse forces forming the environment for Asian American immigrants and their cultural roots, will help the understanding of the results of the pilot study on motivation of Asian Americans to study medicine.
Diversity Leadership In Higher Education, Lisa Portugal
Diversity Leadership In Higher Education, Lisa Portugal
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
This paper will focus on issues relating to diversity leadership in higher education, the assessment of diversity leadership issues, and suggestions for successful diversity leadership initiatives. Higher education is in the process of creating more opportunities for a diverse faculty body and issues such as mentoring, building recruiting networks, and creating sponsorship programs are at the forefront of current discussions. Moreover, developing institutional strategic plans and initiatives are essential in the development of diversity leadership agendas. Additionally, issues relating to the distribution of power and participatory management are of particular interest to many institutions of higher education.
Administrators’ Perspectives Of Diversity: An Examination Of The University Of Florida, Brigitta Johnson
Administrators’ Perspectives Of Diversity: An Examination Of The University Of Florida, Brigitta Johnson
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
The issue of successful diversity management is of particular concern now because of changing demographics. This research documents how administrators at the University of Florida have struggled with the challenge of diversity in recent years and makes suggestions for how administrators at other institutions can learn from this example.