Faculty

rituals to establish themselves as the dominant power on campus. Here at Davidson County Community College, each semester is called to order with a mandatory opening session, led by the president of the college. This ritual calls together the college faculty to hear campus updates, discuss the summer required reading and other housekeeping items as seen fit by the president’s staff. This ritual cements the leadership in the position of ultimate authority over each subordinate…

items made by artist around the country in their homes by using local stuff. (2) Fall exhibition conducted at Friday night is among the latest exhibits of the Kennedy Museum of Art. Exhibition was about the Insights: The School of Art and Design Faculty Collection, Two Grey Hills: Navajo Weavings, Creating Visual Meaning, and also Art as Information.…

A representative of the Pace Path Plan explained the acronym of the Pace Path Plan, which stood for planning, academic excellence, coaching and mentoring, and experiential learning. A question was raised after the representative’s overview of this resource addressing a concern about how they could access the Pace Path Plan and ensure that students continue to receive the encouragement and support after UNV 101, which is the course that exposes students to make a Pace Path Plan for the next four…

NILOA (2010) highlighted that faculty involvement is the key to assessments’ impact. Faculty spends most of their time with students in the teaching and learning process. NILOA (2011) proposed that assessment should be built on regular basis about the ongoing work or study. It would not be fair for students to be assessed on the materials, which they didn’t learn yet. However, it is also essential that assessments are built to identify common learning outcomes. Faculty are expected to develop…

I have always had an appreciation of faculty, but I have an even more appreciation of them now. I see that at some places there are big gulfs between faculty and administration, but when you put this book and incivility I understand why faculty does not trust administration. The one thing that I think the administration has to do a better job is understanding that faculty do want to work with administers, but administrators need to understand that faculty don’t want to be talked to as if they…

Summary of “Contingent Faculty and Student Learning: Welcome to the Strativersity” In the “Contingent Faculty and Student Learning: Welcome to the Strativersity” article published in Wiley on the Fall2003 Karen Thompson argues that there is a relationship between the weakness of student and having a Contingent Faculty in a university. Thompson is a part time worker on the Rutgers University and he is a member of the national AAUP Committee on Part-Time and Non-Tenure-Track Appointments.…

simulation. Having too many students in a case leaves students feeling did not learn what was intended. Abruptly ending simulations can lead to student frustration and therefore decreased satisfaction (Jensen et al., 2009) And therefore, many faculty members lack experience with simulation, have little time for additional training, and need expert guidance in conducting simulation (Mauro, 2009). Further more learning to become proficient with technology is a challenge faced by…

learning experience that can be transferable to other learning environments. Howell and Buck (2012) focused on four variables that influenced adult students’ satisfaction with a business course: relevancy of the subject matter, faculty subject matter competency, faculty classroom management, and student workload. These areas can also be applied in creating a professional development curriculum for instructors in the cosmetology…

Pearl. Issue: Whether or not it is right to partially accrue the cost of Professor Pearl’s cost of sabbatical leave in each of the six years up to the sabbatical year Conclusion: A sabbatical leave is intended not only for the benefit of a faculty member granted a leave but also of the University in general. Considering that each day of his sabbatical leave is…

(ii) Administrative work: A faculty can contribution to corporate life and management of the department and institution through participation in academic and administrative committees. Participation of the faculty in departmental or institutional committees such as admission (including online admission),budget/purchase, time-table preparation and implementation, campus development, inspection, library, students welfare, research, publication, placement, etc. A faculty needs to contribute to…