Teacher education faculty are often expected to engage in accreditation work. Our purpose was to document the collective driving mechanisms of junior faculty who volunteered to redesign key accreditation assessments. Specifically, we explored the values and expectations for success that led junior faculty to engage in and persist through key…

Supporting the academic advising needs of adult learners is essential in postsecondary education. Research suggests that the faculty advisor's role is pivotal for ensuring a student's academic progress. The faculty advisor supports adult learners in achieving their professional goals and providing resources to ensure their academic success.…

Raising the quality and profile of teaching and student learning is something universities across the UK are aspiring to achieve in order to maintain reputations. Currently, the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) provides a standard by which academic staff can gain professional recognition for their academic practice and many UK…

The development of a staff flexibility index at Glassboro State College is presented. It was an outgrowth of retrenchment problems for tenured faculty. Institutional flexibility was defined as the continuing ability of the institution to implement new or modify existing programs, employing a rationale that sees the ability to employ new faculty or…

Major issues in medical school faculty promotion are examined, drawing on experience at Johns Hopkins University (Maryland). It is stressed that the promotions process is not simple or mechanistic and is aided by institutional memory and by the committee's knowledge of contributions made by leaders elsewhere. (Author/MSE)