Online Seminars
...any Magna Online Seminars can be purchased as a download or in CD format. All seminars are presented by highly respected names in higher education. And each comes with a...
Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Mental Health Effects of Noncollegial Colleagues
...and educating/training replacements for the departed uncivil person Faculty burnout, leading to decreased commitment and increased distress Time spent calming or disciplining the uncivil person Time spent by search committees...
Current Challenges in Higher Education Leadership
...teaching, research, and service. Freedom of inquiry Like the goal of producing an educated workforce and an educated citizenry, higher education’s goals of protecting academic freedom and freedom of speech...
Reconceptualizing the Peer Review Process for Online Courses
...University School of Nursing (SON) focuses on three domains: design, delivery, and content. The evaluation is intended to be formative rather than summative. Faculty obtain feedback related to each of...
Creating a Data-Informed Culture
...what you say and do about the data that matters. References 2016 Survey of Chief Academic Officers (http://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/2016-inside-higher-ed-survey-chief-academic-officers) KPMG’s 2015-2016 Higher Education Industry Outlook Survey (http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2016/04/survey-data-and-analytics-higher-ed-can-be-one-two-punch) Richard L. Riccardi is...
Triage for Inadvertent Invention Disclosure
For more articles like this, check out an Academic Leader subscription or a free three-week trial! Academic leaders are responsible for obtaining value from innovations developed at a university. Importantly,...
What Encourages Faculty to Include Diversity Materials in Their Courses?
...of daily decisions about what to teach. Unfortunately, many faculty still do not include diversity-related materials in their courses. One study of faculty at Research I institutions (cited in the...
Spotlight on Campus Speech: Q&A with Michelle N. Deutchman of the ADL (Part 2)
...who feel they should not be exposed to intolerant ideas is to have all campus community members come together against hate and in support of an inclusive climate. Naming the...
Considerations for Successfully “Managing Up”
...leads departments that range from Religious Studies to Chemistry, Computer Science to Comparative Literature, and Philosophy to Physics. In the former case, the units are all engineering, have a common...
Pitfalls of Using Student Comments in the Evaluation of Faculty
...a fair practice? Research on Student Comments What do studies of student comments reveal about their utility? First, comment response rates are likely to be low. As has been widely...