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Showing 1 to 20 of 99 for “"College Faculty"”.
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College teaching behaviors of community college faculty
Teaching behaviors of faculty are important for community college students who rely on the faculty-student interaction for academic integration to the institution, which itself is crucial to student persistence (Napoli & Wartman, 1998). Braxton and Bayer (1998) documented a set of teaching …
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Socio-spatial experiences of part-time community college faculty
… in the United States attends community colleges (Bailey, Jaggars, & Jenkins, 2015), and in serving these students, community colleges rely heavily on part-time faculty (Jaeger & Egan, 2009). The reliance on part-time faculty is typically cost-motivated and a symptom of the neoliberal …
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Burnout, Self-Efficacy, and Coping Strategies Among College Faculty
<p>Due to the changing college environment, university faculty are faced with a serious burden to support their university. University faculty are expected to satisfy numerous job demands, and these demands in turn lead to burnout, a chronic response to job stressors. Burnout is an essential …
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Ethics of Teaching: Beliefs and Behaviors of Community College Faculty
… beliefs and behaviors of full-time community college faculty. Respondents report to what degree they practice sixty-two behaviors as teachers and whether they believe the behaviors to be ethical. Survey participants engaged in few of the behaviors, and only reported two actions as ethical: (1) …
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Early Experiences of Accountants Transitioning to Virginia Community College Faculty
Accounting faculty members in community colleges educate a large portion of accounting students each year. Accountants who become accounting faculty are the most common type of accounting instructor in community colleges and they have much to offer because of their prior work experience. Accounting …
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Continuing job involvement of long term community college faculty members
… constraints of a tight job market for many faculty and the security of any job in uncertain financial times, faculty members today who become bored or frustrated with their work are more likely to remain in their jobs despite lack of interest, challenge, or opportunity to grow within that …
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Understanding Community College Faculty Perceptions Of Their Role In Student Retention
… case study examined full-time community college faculty perceptions of their role in student retention. Eight participants were asked to reflect on their understanding and use of student retention strategies, as well as what motivated and deterred their participation in institutional …
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Data Gathering And Decision Making Among Community College Faculty Union Leaders
<p>The purpose of this study was to identify how faculty union leaders gather data and incorporate past experience to prioritize decisions for new contract negotiations in Illinois community colleges. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 legalized collective bargaining in the United States, but …
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Community college faculty attitudes and concerns about student learning outcomes assessment
… to identify the attitudes and concerns community college faculty have about student learning outcomes assessment and to further explore the relationship between these factors and faculty levels of involvement in assessment activities. Combining the conceptual frameworks of the concerns-based …
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An economic analysis of the causes of unionization of college faculty
… growth has been the trend in unionization of college faculty. This particular group presents an interesting opportunity to study unionization, in that there are both private and public institutions of higher education; and there is a definite pattern of unionization in the public institutions, …
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Two-Year College Faculty Perspectives On Developmental Student Persistence: A Case Study
… to understand the perspectives of two-year college composition faculty concerning the persistence of students in their developmental composition courses. Research has shown that developmental students are a population at risk for leaving college before completing their degree programs and …
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Community College Faculty Satisfaction Teaching Online: Does Using Prepared Curriculum Materials Matter?
<p>Community colleges are offering online coursework at a rapidly increasing rate; however, the growth of online coursework is not the result of new enrollments, but rather currently enrolled students' shifting from a face-to-face modality to an online modality. This shift presents some challenges …
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Community college faculty experiences in a two-year honors program : a phenomenological study
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Understanding the Illinois community college faculty attitude of change: commitment, involvement, and readiness
Changes affecting community colleges are becoming more difficult because of fewer available resources and because the pace of change is accelerating in the external environment. These realities mean that community colleges are now at a crossroads where managing the change process has become more …
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Considering practitioner influence on student success: exploring community college faculty funds of knowledge
… influences the student’s experiences in college. This study addresses this knowledge gap by conducting research at the community college, often the institution of choice for underrepresented students, which explores faculty (the practitioner who most often engages with the student in the …
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Community College Faculty Members' Perceived Multicultural Teaching Competence and Attitudes Regarding Cultural Diversity
Community college instructors confront many challenges, teaching increasingly diverse students in their classrooms. This study's purpose was to enhance educational literature on diversity, and assist community college faculty in personal self-reflection and professional skill review to meet …
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The pedagogical characteristics of advanced technology education-funded professional development for community college faculty
… technicians to support this growth. Community colleges are places that offer technician training to students in preparation for high technology jobs. Unfortunately, community colleges are generally underfunded and poorly positioned to offer professional development for discipline-specific …
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Community College Faculty Knowledge of Legal Issues and Students with Disabilities: A Case Study.
… the extent of Prince George's Community College faculty knowledge of the legal issues, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and recent court decisions, related to the provision of classroom accommodations for students with …
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Community college faculty members' perceptions of professional development for online instruction: a qualitative study
… research study was to investigate community college faculty members' perceptions of the professional development they have received for the implementation and teaching of online courses. The current body of literature is focused mainly on colleges and universities, and the researcher …
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