Posts Tagged ‘faculty turnover’
October 8 - Understanding the Costs of Online Faculty Turnover
By: Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti in Distance Learning Administration
Institutions of higher education nearly always feel a budgetary crunch, and this holds true for online programs. However, the costs of running a successful online program run far beyond the expected line items of salaries, technology, and marketing. Faculty turnover and attrition can bring a number of serious but unanticipated costs to a program, costs that are may be poorly understood due to a lack of research identifying these costs.
October 27 - Creating Faculty Collegiality: Strategies for Department Chairs
By: Mary Bart in Academic Leadership, Faculty Development, Learning Communities
Incivility in higher education has flourished in recent years, fueled by a convergence of factors ranging from the infiltration of a more corporate culture and a system that rewards individual accomplishments above collaboration to decreased state funding coupled with increased workloads and expectations. For department chairs, leading teams of educators during such a difficult time can be wrought with unexpected challenges and frustrations.
