In this article, we utilize national survey data to assess the professional status of full-time sociology faculty in community colleges. Traditionally, sociologists have argued that for a particular type of work to be conceptualized as a profession, it must meet certain criteria, such as: esoteric knowledge and skills, high levels of workplace…

Observation systems can provide teachers with information about how to improve their instructional practice and can lead to improved student outcomes. However, most observation systems have not been designed to address issues specific to special education. An effective special education teacher evaluation system must measure and provide targeted,…

Since 1990, new types of doctoral degrees--most in professions that never had doctorates before--surged into the higher education scene in the United States and elsewhere. In the United States, new "professional practice doctorates" were created in more than a dozen fields, and programs for these doctorates skyrocketed from near 0 in…

Studies of master teaching have investigated a set of qualities that define excellent teaching. However, few studies have investigated master teachers' perspectives on excellent teaching and how it may differ from other faculty or students. The current study investigated award-winning teachers' (N = 50) ratings of the 28 qualities on the teacher…

Sweden is among the countries with the highest per cent of women university Vice Chancellors in Europe. In "She Figures 2012" the average proportion of female Vice Chancellors in the 27 European Union countries is estimated to be 10 per cent. In Sweden the number is much higher: 43 per cent. Swedish higher education management has…

Working at a distance brings several benefits, often offset by several detriments. One aspect of working at a distance is the difficulty in sharing successes and promoting accolades. These successes may be personal, team, program, or institutional. But, as a distance worker it can seem daunting or even futile when attempting to "toot your own…

This article argues that composition should be involved in the study and teaching of graduate level writing. It goes on to argue that independent consulting offers a viable way for compositionists to share expertise with graduate students and programs, as well as to expand opportunities for participation in the profession. While the independent…

Since the 1980s, research on employment conditions in post-secondary institutions has focused on the growth of contingent academic workers, or what the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) has labelled "non-full- time instructors" (Field, Jones, Stephenson, & Khoyetsyan, 2014). Very little attention, however, has been…

An increasing number of published studies have drawn attention to gender disparities in various dimensions of Christian higher education. Although the majority of students on the campuses of member institutions of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) are women, and the percentage of women holding faculty and administrative…

This interview provides a panoramic view of Antony's research interests, which includes his language-related experiences of early life, his study at UCLA, the PhD dissertation research he conducted under Lyle Bachman's supervision, and his idea of fairness. Given the specific context in which the interview was conducted, the interviewer approached…

Adored worldwide for its 'outstanding' education system, Finland has relied on its excellent results in studies of the Programme for International Student Assessment to advertise and sell its education abroad. One of the keys to this success is often attributed to Finnish teachers, who are said to be 'the best and most respected in the world'.…

Pre-1992 English universities are changing the way they appoint their deputy and pro-vice-chancellors (PVCs). Traditionally, PVC posts were filled by internal secondment from within the professoriate, but these days an increasing number are appointed by means of external open competition involving advertisement and/or executive search. So has this…

The purpose of this study is two-fold: to determine what external and organizational factors lead teachers in an urban, high-needs school district to consider leaving their teaching position or the teaching profession and to determine if perception of these factors differs among demographic groups of teachers. Access to high quality teachers is an…

The purpose of this study was to identify relationships between job satisfiers and job dissatisfiers that teachers experience in the workplace, using the lens of the Weighted Balance Satisfier Model. The 2011-12 school year Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education was the source…

This study uses a critical perspective to examine how online education is used in brick-and-mortar institutions as a mechanism through which power is exercised by and against professors who teach online. Based on a larger study of 25 professors and administrators at four institutions, this work focuses on the experiences of 12 professors.…