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The Academic Workplace (Fall/Winter 2001): Hidden Diversity On The Postmodern Campus, New England Resource Center For Higher Education At The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Kevin Drumm, Deborah Hirsch, Carlton Pickron
The Academic Workplace (Fall/Winter 2001): Hidden Diversity On The Postmodern Campus, New England Resource Center For Higher Education At The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Kevin Drumm, Deborah Hirsch, Carlton Pickron
The Academic Workplace
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Volume 14, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor
Volume 14, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
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Rhode Island Teachers Ahead Of The Crowd, Chester Smolski
Rhode Island Teachers Ahead Of The Crowd, Chester Smolski
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"For teachers this is the time to enjoy the summer break to travel, stay home with their own children or just take a vacation. But for the majority there is something called professional development. Summer is the usual time when teachers go back to school to hone their skills, learn more about their subject area, work for advanced degrees or pick up some new practices for that high tech equipment sitting in the classroom. Like may other professionals who want to advance their careers and keep up with new ideas and practices, teachers also take courses during the school year …
The Academic Workplace (Spring/Summer 2001): The Promise Of A Scholarship Of Engagement, New England Resource Center For Higher Education At The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Deborah Hirsch, Richard A. Couto, David Entin
The Academic Workplace (Spring/Summer 2001): The Promise Of A Scholarship Of Engagement, New England Resource Center For Higher Education At The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Deborah Hirsch, Richard A. Couto, David Entin
The Academic Workplace
No abstract provided.
Brief 5: For Funders Of Multi-Institutional Collaborations In Higher Education: Support Partnership Building, New England Resource Center For Higher Education, University Of Massachusetts Boston
Brief 5: For Funders Of Multi-Institutional Collaborations In Higher Education: Support Partnership Building, New England Resource Center For Higher Education, University Of Massachusetts Boston
New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications
This brief was derived from the discussions of NERCHE’s think tank for coordinators of GEAR UP school-college partnerships. The insights of these coordinators point to the principle that it is the quality of the relationships among the partners that determines the effectiveness of multi-institutional collaborations. This means then that those who support and invest in multi-institutional collaborations should also focus on supporting the process of partnership building. But what does this mean in practical terms? It means being strategic right from the beginning in the design of grant structures, and throughout the relationship with the grantees. This brief provides examples …
Scholarship Unbound: Assessing Service As Scholarship In Promotion And Tenure Decisions, Kerryann O’Meara
Scholarship Unbound: Assessing Service As Scholarship In Promotion And Tenure Decisions, Kerryann O’Meara
New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications
Scholars of higher education have long recognized that existing reward systems and structures in academic communities do not weight faculty professional service as they do teaching and research. This paper examines how four colleges and universities with exemplary programs for assessing service as scholarship implemented these policies within colleges of education. Case studies suggest that policies to assess service as scholarship can increase consistency among an institution’s service mission, faculty workload, and reward system; expand faculty’s views of scholarship; boost faculty satisfaction; and strengthen the quality of an institution’s service culture.