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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Department Chair"”.
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Communication and Leadership: Faculty Perceptions of the Department Chair
With department chairs providing a critical link between faculty and administration, their leadership impacts universities on a broad level. However, chairs often report dissatisfaction with the position and experience rapid turnover. In an effort to help understand the role that communication …
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Illinois Public Community College Department Chair Roles and Role Conflict
… had two purposes: to determine community college department chair roles and to determine whether role conflict exists for the status of Illinois public community college department chair. The research was divided into two phases. In Phase I, community college department chair role factors were …
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The Role of the Academic Physical Therapy Department Chair as Perceived by Physical Therapy Teaching Faculty and Chairs
… and characteristics o f the physical therapy department chair as perceived by physical therapy unit administrators and teaching faculty in accredited, entry-level physical therapy programs.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>The research population consisted o f current administrators and teaching faculty …
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Maryland Community College Academic Deans and Department Chair Perceptions of Higher-Order Skill Proficiencies for Associate Degree Completers
… community college chief academic officers and department chairs toward one such skill set, the Maryland Skills for Success, and whether they are appropriate learning expectations for associate degree completers. The Maryland Skills for Success (MSS) are comprised of five skill goals: (1) …
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Leadership for scholarly excellence: a qualitative examination of department chair facilitation methods to promote research productivity in pre-tenure biological sciences faculty
Leading a large, highly productive department that must compete on the global stage requires an increasingly broad skill-set. This study investigates whether there are methods that life science department chairs can employ to enhance the research productivity of their pre-tenure faculty and …
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The role of high school department chairs in a large suburban school system
… indicates that virtually all high schools have department chairs, little research has been done that examines the role of the department chair or how they spend their time. The publication of A Nation At Risk and the reports that followed have placed greater emphasis on instructional leadership …
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Secondary School Science Department Chairs Leading Change
<p>Secondary school department chairs are content area specialists in their schools and are responsible for providing students with the most appropriate curricula. However, most secondary school department chairs have limited authority to institute change unilaterally (Gmelch, 1993; Hannay & Erb, …
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The Appointment of Untenured Department Chairs in Two- and Four-Year Colleges in a Western State: Problems and Potentials
… explored the appointment of untenured faculty as department chairs in three two- and four-year colleges in one Western state's system of higher education. Eleven untenured faculty serving as untenured department chairs were interviewed using the qualitative methodology of grounded theory to …
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Cultivating Leaders: Professional Development Needs Of Community College Chairs
… the lived experiences of community college chairs in relation to leadership development practices. The research questions that drive this study are (a) What competencies/skills are needed for performing the department chair role? (b) What are the professional development needs of community …
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WCUG Continuity Book: Building Organizational Robustness Through a Framework Model
… and community driven radio station housed in the Department of Communication at Columbus State University (CSU) in Columbus, Ga. Since 2015, WCUG Cougar Radio (now written as WCUG) created a learning lab environment, focused on training the next generation of media creators and managers. WCUG also …
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Leadership Practices of Science Department Chairs in Secondary Public Schools
… transformational leadership practices of science department chairs as perceived by both science department chairs and their principals as measured quantitatively by the third edition of the Leadership Practice Inventory (LPI) (Kouzes & Posner, 2007). In addition to transformational leadership, …
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Analysis of Perceptional Differences Among Department Chairs, Faculty, and Instructors Toward the Barrier to Using Multiple Teaching Strategies in Two-Year Technical and Community College Electronics Courses
… and analyze perceptional differences among department chairs, faculty, and instructors toward the barrier to using multiple teaching strategies in two-year technical and community college electronics courses. The literature review focused on defining multiple teaching strategies and …
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The Essence of the Distributed Leadership Experience of a High School Literacy Coaching Team: A Phenomenological Study
… participants included the school’s Reading Department Chair; six reading specialists who also served as literacy coaches; four content area teachers who served as content coaches; and the author of the study who is the administrator in charge of supervising the school’s literacy coaching …
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The influence of Delton Lynol Alford's life and work on the musical heritage of the Church of God
… Alford's academic career as a music instructor, department chair, choral conductor, dean and vice president of Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee. Chapter 5 traces the continuing career Alford had in local churches while pursuing his academic and educational goals. His work as a Church of God …
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Strength Training in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
… under the direction of Michael J. Berry, Ph.D., Department Chair and Professor of Health and Exercise Science The purpose of this study was to obtain pilot data comparing aerobic exercise to strength training exercise on measures of physical function in COPD patients. Participants included seven …
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AN EMERGING GROUNDED THEORY OF FACULTY HIRING PROCESSES IN UNIONIZED COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITIES
… directed by: Professor KerryAnn O'Meara Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education Growth in part-time faculty workforces in U.S. higher education since 1970 has been remarkable. Part-time faculty growth as a percentage of the whole has occurred most rapidly in …
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Stopping the tenture clock : university support on scorn?
… authority over an academic unit at the level of department chair, director, or dean. Additionally, there were 346 Tenured Faculty who participated in the study while 180 Tenure-track Faculty participated. An important finding was that 78.3% of the Tenure-track Faculty participants were not aware …
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Standardization of Practice in a High School Social Studies Department: Three Case Studies
… of standardization of practice within their department. The three participants were members of a social studies department in a large, urban high school. One teacher was the department chair. The school administration had introduced professional learning communities (PLCs) during the year of …
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