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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Faculty characteristics"”.
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American Sign Language-English Interpreting Program Faculty: Characteristics, Tenure Perceptions, and Productivity
… of the relationship between employment context, faculty member characteristics, perceptions and productivity, is to better understand how ASL-English interpreting education programs and their faculty fit within the academy. The first purpose was to describe the institutional context and …
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An Empirical Look at the Impact of Course and Faculty Characteristics on Student Evaluations
… have a sizable influence on decisions involving faculty promotion, tenure, and merit salary increases. While there is much literature examining student evaluations, few studies have provided a longitudinal, multi-discipline exploration of the impact course and faculty characteristics have on …
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Changes in Accounting Curriculum Requirements Since the Perry Commission Report
… in this research. In addition, analysis of faculty characteristics reveals decreases in proportions of faculty members at doctoral-granting institutions with professional certifications or with tenure-track appointments. The analysis identifies potentially productive areas for future …
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Perceived barriers to faculty participation in distance education at a 4-year university.
… this study was to identify perceived barriers to faculty participation in distance education courses in a 4-year university. The literature review was divided into four general areas, each of which may act as a barrier to faculty participation; training, administrators, rewards/compensation, and …
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Exploring the Nexus of Community College Faculty and the Actual Application of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Courses and Syllabi
… A survey was conducted with community college faculty members at a research site that did not have an institutional Generative AI technology policy or mandate on how Generative AI technologies can or cannot be used in the classroom or by students. In a quantitative analysis, this study looked …
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Adequacy in Faculty Standards of U.S. Regional Accreditation Commissions
Adequacy of full-time faculty is an indicator utilized by regional accreditors in the United States to ensure quality instruction since studies have shown that a high percentage of contingent faculty may have a negative impact on student performance. U.S. regional accreditors of colleges and …
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LIMITATIONS IN DIVERSIFYING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: SEEKING PREDICTORS FOR PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT SUCCESS
… institutional, program, student, and faculty characteristics from all accredited PTA programs in the United States. The data were provided from the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) Annual Accreditation Reports (AAR) and National Physical Therapy …
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Three essays in health and labor economics
… student evaluations at Kansas State University. Faculty fixed effects are sizable and indicate that, as assessed by students, the best principles teachers also tend to be the best non-principles teachers. OLS estimates are biased because principles teachers are drawn from the top of the …
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Nontraditional Students in Associate Degree Nursing: Perceived Factors Influencing Retention and Empowerment
… student reflective journals, student faculty interviews, and literature review. Data analysis was guided by Van Manen's methodology for phenomenology.</p><p>The themes identified as representing the experiences of these nontraditional student participants were as follows: (a) Retention …
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Characteristics and Workload of Full-Time Faculty in Baccalaureate Dental Hygiene Programs
The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics and workload of full-time faculty in baccalaureate dental hygiene programs. A mail questionnaire was sent to program administrators for distribution to faculty. Program response rate was 89.7% (26/29) and full-time faculty response rate …
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Students and Faculty Members in Marriage and Family Therapy Programs: Navigating Successful Non-Sexual Dual Relationships
… of such a relationship. To obtain a snap shot of faculty and student experiences a web survey was sent to fifteen masters and ten doctoral COAMFTE-accredited programs. Participants were 76 students and 30 faculty members, a total of 106 respondents. The web survey revealed that the majority of …
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Community College Faculty Members' Perceived Multicultural Teaching Competence and Attitudes Regarding Cultural Diversity
… on diversity, and assist community college faculty in personal self-reflection and professional skill review to meet multicultural student body needs. In addition, the relationship between these perceptions and faculty characteristics, such as faculty status, gender, race/ethnicity, age, …
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Status of the freshmen learning community initiative at Iowa State University
… are "relatively small groups of students (and faculty) working together to enhance and integrate students' learning and to help students become well-rounded, broad based individuals" (Lenning & Ebbers, 1999, p. 15). Learning communities, when intentionally structured and centered on learning …
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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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An analysis of the in-service education needs to develop instructional skills of part-time business faculty
… instructional skills of part-time business faculty. The population included part-time business faculty teaching credit courses at 24 community college campuses in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida during fall 1988. A total of 138 (63.9%) respondents returned a …
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Characteristics of effective interpreter education programs in the United States
… but there have been no clearly identified characteristics of successful interpreter education program s shown to result in graduates who emerge as competent practitioners ready for credentialing. This research identified the readiness to credential gap of programs across the United States …