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Higher Education Careers Beyond The Professoriate, Karen Cardozo, Katherine Kearns, Shannan Palma

Navigating Careers in Higher Education Series

Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate is one of the first collections to explore PhD career versatility within higher education. The twenty-three contributors represent diverse disciplines, institution types, professional roles, and intersectional identities. Each thoughtful and personal essay explores firsthand what it means to remain in higher education, yet not in the traditional role of a professor. Topics include establishing new career paradigms, well-being and work-life balance, blended roles and identities, and professional work around advocacy and inclusion. Unifying the essays is the idea that career diversity is intertwined with other diversity discourse, yielding a broad-based but critical examination of …

The Challenges Of Minoritized Contingent Faculty In Higher Education, Edna Chun, Alvin Evans

Navigating Careers in Higher Education Series

The Challenges of Minoritized Contingent Faculty in Higher Education offers a probing and unvarnished look at the employment challenges of these faculty members in four-year institutions. With dramatic shifts in the faculty workforce and nearly three-quarters of instructional positions in United States institutions now off the tenure track, contingent faculty have become the essential, frontline workers of higher education. Remarkably little research attention has focused on the experiences of minoritized contingent faculty in this new academic underclass. Based on in-depth interviews coupled with extensive research, the book highlights the double marginalization that can occur due to secondary employment status in …

Inclusive Excellence In Honors Education, Brian A. Hoey

Publications of the Honors College at Marshall University

The author outlines a vision for enhancing the honors college experience at Marshall University, focusing on initiatives that benefit all students while aligning with principles of academic excellence and leadership development. The manuscript details initiatives that emphasize creative and critical inquiry, which supports the cultivation of well-rounded, innovative thinkers prepared for complex societal roles. Strategic enrollment management is highlighted as a key to attracting a diverse cohort of high-achieving students, enriching the academic and social environment for all. The author advocates for pedagogical strategies that encourage active learning and community engagement, preparing students to lead with integrity in a global …

Strategic Plan For The Honors College At Marshall University, 2023, Honors College, Brian A. Hoey

Publications of the Honors College at Marshall University

Beginning with a consideration of our broader institutional and communal contexts and informed by wide-ranging internal and external data collection and analysis, the first five-year strategic plan of the Honors College at Marshall University sets overarching priorities and defined goals that together are intended to deepen community connections, expand recruitment efforts, support greater access and inclusion while increasing retention, develop a more engaging, flexible, and valuable curriculum, and through securing greater material and human resources, to raise the college’s ability to serve as an equal partner in the provision of service to other units on campus. Our overarching goal is …

Transforming Leadership Pathways For Humanities Professionals In Higher Education, Roze Hentschell, Catherine E. Thomas

Navigating Careers in Higher Education Series

Transforming Leadership Pathways for Humanities Professionals in Higher Education includes thirteen essays from a variety of contributors investigating how humanities professionals grapple with the opportunities and challenges of leadership positions. Written by insiders sharing their lived experience, this collection provides an authentic look at the multiple roles humanities specialists play, as well as offers strategies for professional growth, sustenance, and satisfaction. The collection also considers the relationship between disciplinary areas of study, academic training, and the valuable skill sets and habits of mind that serve higher education leaders.

While Transforming Leadership Pathways emphasizes that a leadership route in higher education …

Honors College Policy Handbook, V. 04-2023, Marshall University Honors College

Publications of the Honors College at Marshall University

This handbook offers basic information about the policies and practices of the Honors College at Marshall University. The information here is subject to periodic revision. Because all students in the Honors College are students of the University, the Honors College operates under policies and guidelines as set for all undergraduate students at Marshall University.

Magnetic Hallway Huddles: Attract And Retain High-Quality Professionals, David Wolff, Carissa Gober, Donna Zerr

Open Educational Resources - Teaching and Learning

This presentation was conducted for a national conference about mentoring. The authors discussed Tinto’s Model of Institutional Departure and Schlossberg’s Model for Analyzing Human Adaptation to Transition as theoretical frameworks to explain the transition and retention of university professors. The focus on the study was the three authors who transitioned to the same university during the 2022-2023 academic year. Authors discussed their experiences of the transition and found themes related to the mentoring process that that acclimated them to the institution and influenced their retention.

Oru Faculty Ethos & History - Spirit-Empowered Life - Faith & Learning, Bill Buker, Daniel D. Isgrigg, Wiliam Ranahan

Professional Development Resources

New faculty are introduced to being Spirit-Empowered. What does Spirit-Empowered mean, and why is it important, as a University, faculty member, and educator? Dr. Ranahan (Chair of Biology and Chemistry Dept.) begins with modeling how he integrates faith into a short lecture on sound, light, and neural paths. Dr. Isgrigg (Director of the Holy Spirit Research Center) lectures on how ORU as an institution has progressed since its inception through church history as a Spirit-Empowered university. Dr. Buker (Chair of the Seminary) lectures about how we as disciples of Jesus Christ can abide in Him and experience His fruitfulness in …

Developing Rubrics Using The New Oru Outcomes, Kim Boyd, Trevor Ellis, Leighanne Locke, Terry Shannon, Rachael Valentz

Professional Development Resources

The development and examples of key program assessments (KPAs) are shared. Dr. Boyd opens the presentation. Dr. Shannon (B.S. Sports Management) begins by providing an overview of aligning program and ORU outcomes. Prof. Locke (B.S. Mathematics) walks through how current assignments were chosen to be used as key program assessments and then how the rubrics were revised to improve alignment. Dr. Valentz (B.S. Nursing) discusses how to improve the foundational alignment between program outcomes and the criterion (rubric row headings) used to measure them. She shares how criterion can be contextualized in different assignments and demonstrates in Brightspace, by D2L, …

Open Education Resources (Oer) Create Equity, Cadence Atchinson, Sonya Durney, Cathleen Miller, Cindy Stewart

Library Services Faculty Posters

Presentation poster on topic of open education resources (OER) and the equity they engender.

A Comparative Analysis Of Community College Governance In The Mountain West And Policy Proposals For Nevada, Peter Grema

Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters

Purpose of Research: 1) To explore the role of community colleges in workforce development. 2) To understand the current structure of higher education in Nevada. 3) To compare Nevada's community college governance and administration to neighboring Mountain West states (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah). 4) To offer policy recommendations for updating Nevada's workforce development capacity for its community college system. 5) To present findings to Nevada policymakers during the AB450 Study Committee period.

Guide To The Ezekiel Ezra Smith (E. E. Smith) Collection, Velappan Velappan

FSU Leadership Collection

Ezekiel Ezra Smith (b. May 23, 1852 – d. December 6, 1933) was an educator, soldier, statesman, and businessman. He served as the principal and later president of the North Carolina State Colored Normal School of Fayetteville, later known as Fayetteville State University for over forty years. Currently, the available digital materials range from 1874-1907.

Biography and image of the history marker are courtesy of the State Library of North Carolina and NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Catalogs are courtesy of Shaw University Archives. Deeds are courtesy of Cumberland County Register of Deeds.

2022 Nsu Fact Book, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Fact Book

The 30th edition of the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Fact Book provides perspective on the university’s character, growth, and accomplishments. The 2022 Fact Book includes narrative, numeric, and graphic representation of the university, including history, characteristics, and development of the institution. Data are presented in both tabular and graphic formats to provide pertinent detail, and general trends are highlighted.

Like all previous editions of the Fact Book, this edition is a snapshot of the university during the academic year that concludes in the year of its publication. Therefore, the 2022 Fact Book represents NSU from fall 2021 through spring 2022, …

Rg 27/2 Committees & Organizations / Faculty – 2, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

Faculty Senate Files, 1983-1984

Faculty Senate Files, 1984-85

Faculty Senate Files, 1985-86

Faculty Senate Files, 1986-87

Faculty Senate Files, 1987-88

Faculty Senate Files, 1988-89

Faculty Senate Files, 1989-90

Faculty Senate Files, 1990-91

Faculty Senate Files, 1991-92

Rg 27/3 Committees And Organizations / Student, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

No abstract provided.

Rg 27/2 Committees And Organizations / Faculty – 1, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

Faculty Senate Files, 1976-1977

Faculty Senate Files, 1977-1978

Faculty Senate Files, 1978-1979

Faculty Senate Files, 1979-1980

Faculty Senate Files, 1980-1981

Faculty Senate Files, 1981-1982

Faculty Senate Files, 1982-1983

Rg 27/1 Committees & Organizations / Administration, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

No abstract provided.

Rg 29/1 Cooperative Extension Service / Office Of The Director, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

No abstract provided.

Rg 27/6 Committees And Organizations / Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

No abstract provided.

Rg 27/5 Committees And Organizations / Activities, Programs (All Usm), University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

No abstract provided.

Rg 27/4 Committees & Organizations / University-Wide, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

This accession includes records, news releases, and correspondence from the USM Retirees' Association (USMRA), 1990-1994.

Rg 30/2 Centennial: Office Of The Chairman Of The Steering Committee, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

No abstract provided.

Rg 30/3 Centennial: Other Committees, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

No abstract provided.

Rg 30/4 Centennial: Publications, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

Includes: RG 30/1 Centennial: Office of the Coordinator, RG 30/2 Centennial: Steering Committee

Rg 30/5 Centennial: Activities, Programs, Etc., University Of Southern Maine

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No abstract provided.

Rg 30/6 Centennial / Memorabilia, University Of Southern Maine

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No abstract provided.

Rg 16:1/1 Alumni: Umpg / Office Of The Director, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

Includes: Alumni / USM / Office of the Director

University of Maine at Portland-Gorham

Portland Junior College

Portland University

18 photographs

Rg 16:1/2 Alumni: Umpg / Programs And Publications, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

Includes: Alumni / USM / Publications

Rg 15/1 Development Office / Office Of The Development Officer, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

Includes: Office of Vice President for Development and External Affairs, University Advancement / Office of the Vice President

Rg 15/2 Development And External Affairs / Donor Files, University Of Southern Maine

Archives Registers

No abstract provided.