The mantra of «publish or perish» still lingers in the halls of higher education, so how might institutions best
support faculty when it comes to making time for and funding their research?
Not exact matches
Why did nt the
faculty at Notre Dame object to Obama getting an HOnorary Doctorate
when he openly
support abortion and stem cell research from embryos?
Hundreds of
faculty signed a public statement of
support, and dozens of letters arrived daily, reflecting a deeply felt need to be grateful for something at a time
when, at least on the national scene, there were so few things one could be grateful for.
It must be painful to watch
when faculty members who
support you face investigations and threats, or
when your presence seems to divide the community you love.
That declaration — published simultaneously by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the local Schwäbischen Tagblatt — was a dramatic reversal of an earlier public stand taken on December 8,
when the full professors of the
faculty unanimously expressed their
support of Küng and pointed out the dangers for freedom of theological research and teaching intrinsic in the German bishops» position (ibid., pp. 100 - 101).
Kernan was a graduate student in 1951
when William F. Buckley, Jr.'s God and Man at Yale created a sensation by (in Kernan's words) arguing «provocatively and brilliantly that the administration and
faculty of Yale, despite Yale's having been founded on religion and being still
supported by free enterprise, were systematically teaching atheism and socialism in the classroom.»
When student
support isn't enough to help a struggling student, Toliver and
faculty members act as mentors, making sure the student stays on track.
Universities could also help by
supporting these efforts, including recognizing outreach work
when faculty members are considered for tenure, she said later.
«In the United States, since World War II
when this basic system was created, research has been a kind of Ponzi scheme in the sense that
when the government provides grants, the institution leverages the indirect costs to expand research... and no institution has the resources to
support the size of the
faculty they have, especially in the biomedical sciences.»
The union leader's obstructionism did not go unchallenged, but
when Suecoff won a re-election for union chapter leader that was essentially a referendum on her tactics, Perullo realized that Suecoff had enough
support from the
faculty to continue erecting roadblocks.
But
when they did feel
supported, the commitment gap between white and minority
faculty members was essentially eliminated.
Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes
when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing,
supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the
faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (
supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41
This strategy is based on research suggesting that innovative
faculty development models focusing on personal needs are most effective in producing educational change (Persichette, 1998; Strudler & Wetzel, 1999), effective technology - related
faculty development efforts enable teacher educators to enhance their instruction (Cooper & Bull, 1997), and
faculty members must receive
support when they need it as opposed to
when a training session is offered (Ring, Cilesiz, Ali, & Chen, 2002).
A low - performing California school district experienced a dramatic turnaround
when faculty members began studying student assessment data and working together to ensure students had the
support they needed.
When college - level
faculty experience burnout their commitment and job satisfaction is stressed, but burnout is mitigated through
support and collaboration... more»
When there's
support from state or district leadership, that commitment trickles down to district level administrators and
faculty as well.
Interns are required to remain in the hospital overnight
when on night emergency duty during which time each intern will be responsible for both referral and walk - in emergency cases with the
support of the emergency and critical care residents, emergency doctors on duty as well as the
support from other specialty service residents and
faculty clinicians on - call.
When you sponsor events hosted by the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, you will be recognized for
supporting more than 475 Illinois veterinary students and their families, as well as College
faculty, staff, alumni, and thousands of animal owners.
The Illumination Fund has been a supporter of the Tang Teaching Museum since 2008,
when the Fund provided a $ 1.2 million gift as part of a matching challenge that enabled Skidmore
faculty to expand the use of Museum resources in their coursework, and
support programs with visiting artists and scholars from across the globe.
This proximity of content and context, especially
when combined with an administrative structure in which the library reports to the Dean of Law rather than to the central university library, allows for a level of integration of professional service, research
support and institutional strategy among the library,
faculty and students that is the envy of other disciplines.
As has worked in the past,
when the neutral citation system for Canadian courts was created and adopted, and equally a uniform naming convention for Canadian judgments, I would suggest the work be entrusted to a core working group
supported by an advisory board representative of all the affected communities: the Courts (and the Canadian Judicial Council), the law publishers both print and digital (especially CanLII and Lexum), legal writing and research
faculty, law librarians and practising lawyers from both our French and English legal communities.
Students, staff, and
faculty at Ross Medical Education Center in Dayton, Ohio are always looking for ways to
support and help their community, especially
when it relates to healthcare needs.
Unlike on - campus students with office visits, as an online student you should have access to
faculty and student
support staff
when you are logged in.
This program includes efforts to increase mental health literacy in the community by providing educational programming to teens, parents, and school
faculty / administrators; by offering individual depression screenings to all adolescents; and by providing
support in obtaining access to mental health resources
when necessary, and providing follow - up
when indicated.