Envisioning the faculty for the twenty-first century : moving to a mission-oriented and learner-centered model

Kezar, Adrianna J., (editor.). Maxey, Daniel, 1980- (editor.).

Summary: "[This book] weighs the concerns of university administrators, professors, adjuncts, and students in order to critically assess emerging faculty models and offer informed policy recommendations. Cognizant of the financial pressures that have led many universities to favor short-term faculty contracts, higher education experts Adrianna Kezar and Daniel Maxey assemble a top-notch roster of contributors to investigate whether there are ways to modify the existing system or promote new faculty models. Even as it asks urgent questions about how to retain the best elements of American higher education, [this book] also examines the opportunities that systemic changes might create. Ultimately, it provides some starting points for how colleges and universities might best respond to the rapidly evolving needs of an increasingly global society."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780813581002
ISBN: 0813581001
ISBN: 9780813581019
ISBN: 9780813581026
Physical Description: print
xi, 226 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

PART ONE: The context for a new faculty model -- 1. The current context for faculty work in higher education : understanding the forces affecting higher education and the changing faculty -- 2. Recognizing the need for a new faculty model -- PART TWO: Ideas for a new faculty model -- 3. An emerging consensus about new faculty roles : results of a national study of higher education stakeholders -- 4. Core principles for faculty models and the importance of community -- 5. The anatomy of physiology of medical school faculty career models -- 6. Students speak about faculty : what students need, what they want, and what helps them succeed -- 7. Faculty learners : the new faculty role through the lens of faculty development -- 8. More than a zero-sum game : shared work agreements -- 9. A new paradigm for faculty work and evaluation -- 10. Internationalization and faculty work -- 11. The future of faculty work : academic freedom and democratic engagement -- 12. Aspirations and inclinations among emerging and early-career faculty members : leveraging strengths, imagining possibilities -- 13. Resonant themes for a professoriate reconsidered : consensus points to organize efforts toward change.