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Rethinking Faculty Work: Higher Education's Strategic Imperative (2007)

Author(s): Austin, Ann E. Gappa, Judith M.Trice, Andrea G.

Media Type: Book

Category: Teacher Professional Development

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This book shows how changes in higher education are transforming the careers of faculty and provides a model that makes it possible for all faculty to be in a position to do their best. It offers a vision of academic workplaces that will attract superb faculty committed to fulfilling the missions of the universities and colleges where they work. It also highlights an overall framework and five key elements that are essential to the work experience of all faculty members—equity, academic freedom, flexibility, professional growth, and collegiality. It includes recommendations for how colleges and universities can use the framework to rethink their academic workplaces.

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