Vicki L Baker, Laura Gail Lunsford, Meghan J Pifer

Developing Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges

Aligning Individual Needs and Organizational Goals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analyses the career stage challenges these faculty members must overcome, such as a lack of preparation for teaching, limited access to resources and mentors, and changing expectations for excellence in teaching, research, and service to become academic leaders in their discipline and at these distinctive institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 169mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780813586809
• ISBN-10: 0813586801
• Artikelnr.: 49953694

Autorenporträt

Baker, Vicki L.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Foreword
Life at a Small Liberal Arts College
by Michael Reder
Note on the Text
Introduction
Developing Faculty Members in Liberal
Arts Colleges: Aligning Individual Needs
with Organizational Goals
PART ONE
Contexts of Academic Work in Liberal
Arts Colleges: Inside Institutions and Departments
1 Institutional Structures, Support, and Evaluation
2 Academic Departments
PART TWO
Understanding Faculty Members:
What They Do and What They Need
3 A Holistic View of Faculty Work
Lives in Liberal Arts Colleges
4 Aligning Faculty Needs with Institutional Priorities
viii Contents
PART THREE
Aligning Resources: Supporting
Faculty Members and Academic Work
5 Mentoring and Key Relationships
6 Trends and Exemplars
PART FOUR
At the Intersection: A Space for
Innovation and Competitive Advantage
7 The Alignment Framework for Faculty
Development in Liberal Arts Colleges
Acknowledgments
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
References
Index