…on reflection and making academic connections to meet specific learning objectives. Kolb’s experiential learning theory, which serves as a common foundation for service-learning pedagogy, further emphasizes the importance of reflection…
…University and senior partner of ATLAS, a firm providing academic leadership training and assessment worldwide. His latest book, Best Practices in Faculty Evaluation: A Practical Guide for Academic Leaders, is…
New academic tenure and promotion processes, often developed to reflect changing needs or dispel old assumptions, cannot and should not be implemented overnight, but they are worth close examination to…
…useful insights into managing the health of academic departments. She offers the following advice to department chairs: Set strategic goals. When faculty members become chairs because it’s their turn, they…
…for your students, nobody can improve your teaching for you. It’s something done by you, for you (and for your students). Formative feedback guarantees the integrity of the improvement process—Teachers…
…my integrity in the classroom while maintaining my sanity? First, I will take a course release rather than a course overload as compensation for my work as chair. More money…
…welcome legislative initiatives is the Diploma and Accreditation Integrity Protection Act of 2009 (HR 4535), currently in subcommittee. It’s designed to: legally define what it means to be a degree-granting…
…a key ingredient in the delivery of consistent, high-quality learning experiences. Achieving consistency requires coordination, and may require the use of including detailed answer keys and marking rubrics. The integrity…
