An Examination of the...

Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Maxey, Judith Eaton (2014) This joint paper by the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty for Student Success and Council for Higher Education Accreditation explores the changing faculty, implications for student learning and accreditation, and makes recommendations for how accrediting organizations can help to address challenges arising from growing contingency in higher education. Categories: Delphi Project, Student […]

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Report on the Project...

The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2013) On May 18, 2012, more than 30 participants convened outside Washington, D.C. to discuss the issues faced by non tenure track faculty and to formulate strategies to respond to these challenges in new ways. The two meta–strategies that emerged from the meeting and are captured in this report are […]

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Mental Models and Implementing...

Elizabeth Holcombe, Adrianna Kezar (2013) In this paper, Holcombe and Kezar examine the mental models of various stakeholder groups around implementing new faculty models, based on an analysis of open-ended responses in a survey study. Categories: Delphi Project

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The New Ecology of...

Adrianna Kezar (2013) This occasional paper is one of a series of concept papers commissioned by the WASC Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities, to inform the redesign of its accreditation process. Kezar reviews the most significant changes to faculty roles and responsibilities, starting with the wholesale change in the nature of the faculty, which has significant implications for accrediting […]

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Report of Findings from...

Adrianna Kezar, Sean Gehrke (2012) The findings of this study are based on the following topical areas of the survey: faculty composition, faculty hiring practices, gathering data related to faculty hiring, policies regarding non-tenure-track faculty, institutional demographics, and individual demographics. Within each section Kezar and Gehrke provide tables with frequencies and descriptive statistics for each question and a brief review […]

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Report of Findings from...

Adrianna Kezar, Sean Gehrke (2012) The findings of this study are based on the following topical areas of the survey: faculty composition, faculty hiring practices, gathering data related to faculty hiring, policies regarding non-tenure-track faculty, institutional demographics, and individual demographics. Within each section Kezar and Gehrke provide tables with frequencies and descriptive statistics for each question and a brief review […]

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