Community College Faculty Scholarship

Community College Faculty Scholarship
Author: John M. Braxton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2015-09-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119133289

While teaching occupies the primary role of faculty members in community colleges, the question remains: To what extent are community college faculty members engaged in research and scholarship? This issue focuses on: the types of research and scholarship performed by community college faculty, the forces that foster or impede the engagement of community college faculty members in research and scholarship, specific examples of community college faculty scholarship that demonstrate the value of this work to the institution and to larger society, and policies and practices at the institutional, local, and state level that support engagement in research and scholarship. This is the 171st volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.

Scholarship Reconsidered

Scholarship Reconsidered
Author: Ernest L. Boyer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119005868

Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscape Ernest L. Boyer's landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to play a significant part of the national conversation on scholarship in the academy. Though steeped in tradition, the role of faculty in the academic world has shifted significantly in recent decades. The rise of the non-tenure-track class of professors is well documented. If the historic rule of promotion and tenure is waning, what role can scholarship play in a fragmented, unbundled academy? Boyer offers a still much-needed approach. He calls for a broadened view of scholarship, audaciously refocusing its gaze from the tenure file and to a wider community. This expanded edition offers, in addition to the original text, a critical introduction that explores the impact of Boyer's views, a call to action for applying Boyer's message to the changing nature of faculty work, and a discussion guide to help readers start a new conversation about how Scholarship Reconsidered applies today.

Scholarship Assessed

Scholarship Assessed
Author: Charles E. Glassick
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1997-08-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0787910910

Scholarship Assessed continues the exploration begun by Scholarship Reconsidered. It examines the changing nature of scholarship in today's colleges and universities and proposes new standards with a special emphasis on methods for assessment and documentation. Begun under the oversight of Ernest L. Boyer, and based on the findings of the Carnegie Foundation's National Survey on the Reexamination of Faculty Roles and Rewards, Scholarship Assessed provides a base of information for and gives focus to the debate of institutional standards of rigor and quality.

Scholarships for African-American Students

Scholarships for African-American Students
Author: Peterson's Guides Staff
Publisher: Petersons
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780768913569

Provides information on thousands of scholarships that are geared specifically for African American college students.

Faculty Members' Scholarly Learning Across Institutional Types

Faculty Members' Scholarly Learning Across Institutional Types
Author: Vicki L. Baker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119448190

Explore an important, yet understudied concept: faculty scholarly learning. Taking a broad view, this volume explains how scholarly learning is defined and conceptualized by scholars. The authors synthesize the recent literature and organize the findings according to Boyers four forms of scholarship (discovery, teaching, engagement, and integration). They then offer a counternarrative to faculty scholarly learning and the ways in which it is enacted and supported. Recommendations for developing, supporting, and evaluating faculty scholarly learning are also presented. This volume answers: What does scholarly learning look like at different types of institutions? What contexts and/or supports hinder or help faculty members scholarly learning at the different institutional types? What challenges are noted in the extant literature on faculty work around further study or better understanding of faculty members scholarly learning across institutional types? This is the second issue of the 43rd volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.

Writing Program Administration and the Community College

Writing Program Administration and the Community College
Author: Heather Ostman
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 160235362X

From the history of the community college in the United States to current issues and concerns facing writing programs and their administrators and instructors, Writing Program Administration and the Community College offers a comprehensive look into writing programs at public two-year institutions.