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Understanding and predicting faculty intent to leave is important to the development of improved conceptual frameworks of
faculty success as well as the implementation of effective retention strategies for academic leaders and institutions that
invest considerable resources in recruitment, institutional support, and compensation. This study examined the relationship
between various research-based factors and faculty intent to leave by integrating components identified in the extant literature
for employee turnover more generally and faculty intent to leave more specifically. The results of binary logistic regression
models identified workplace stress, being in a “soft-pure” discipline, fewer years of service at the university, and higher
research productivity as key predictors of faculty having considered leaving for another institution. Key predictors for faculty
having considered leaving academe altogether were being in a “hard-applied” discipline, not having a spouse or partner, a
perceived lack of support, a perceived lack of fit, stress of raising a family, and dissatisfaction with certain aspects of
the “faculty job”. The implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed. 相似文献
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Age and discipline differences in attitudes toward mandatory retirement and related issues were assessed among 85 faculty at a private university. Age differences were minimal and outweighed by discipline variations. In general, both age groups agreed that mandatory retirement should be abolished, even though the impact of this on universities was seen as negative. Concern over the rights of the individual and respect for the potential contributions of older faculty appeared to be the major reasons for the preferred abolition of a fixed retirement age. Attitudes toward tenure among the young and toward projected activities following retirement among both age groups did not appear to be related to the mandatory retirement issue. 相似文献
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Faculty orientations toward institutional goals: A broken front with implications for planned change
Edwin A. Rugg Timothy Lynn Warren Evelyn L. Carpenter 《Research in higher education》1981,15(2):161-173
The formulation of institutional goals in higher education often involves input from various campus constituencies including faculty. The faculty's viewpoint is typically treated as though it were a uniform perception. The research reported here tested the uniform nature of the faculty's goal orientations. Statistical comparisons were conducted on mean ratings of five discipline groups of 207 faculty from a major public university on the scales of the Institutional Goals Inventory. Although discipline groups shared common viewpoints on the importance of academic instruction, intellectual pursuits, and research, major differences among groups were found for goals involving university service, off-campus instruction, accountability, intercollegiate athletics, and humanistic values. Institutional planners desiring a change in one of these latter areas should expect different levels of faculty support and resistance from different discipline groups. 相似文献
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This study examined the demographic factors that predict intention to integrate technology into instruction by community college adjunct faculty. Regression model findings indicated that the demographic characteristics of years of teaching experience, teaching discipline, hours of preparation time, and years of experience using computers were predictors of intention to integrate technology. Other literature-based characteristics such as age, gender, and participation in professional development activities, although not noted predictors in the current study, still warrant further examination to provide additional insight into their potential ability to predict technology use by community college adjunct faculty. 相似文献
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Ronald W. Roskens 《Research in higher education》1983,18(3):285-297
The Biglan model is a three dimensional classification scheme wherein 35 academic subject areas are categorized into one of eight categories: soft-nonlife-pure; soft-life-pure; soft-nonlife-applied; soft-life-applied; hard-life-applied; hard-life-pure; hard-nonlife-pure; or hard-nonlife-applied. A basic assumption of the Biglan model research is that the types of faculty productivity differ in accord with academic subject areas. Though research studies report the importance of recognizing performance differences among faculty in different disciplines and subject areas during the faculty evaluation process, they do not present means by which this knowledge can be applied. This study discusses the practical implications of Biglan model research and the importance of university-level administrators recognizing differences in faculty productivity whenever faculty credentials are reviewed for advancement. This study also examines Biglan's original research and his model, as well as the major studies conducted to test the model. Also, the model is presented and explained as a conceptual framework for assisting administrators in the faculty evaluation process. Lastly, the reasons for employing subject area standards, as opposed to university-wide or single discipline standards, are argued. 相似文献
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James S. Fairweather 《Research in higher education》1993,34(5):603-623
Data on more than 4,000 full-time, tenure-track faculty in four-year colleges and universities were analyzed to examine the relative importance of teaching, research, administration, and service in determining basic salary. Results showed the dominance of a research-oriented faculty reward structure for each type of institution regardless of professed mission. The same research-oriented reward structure was evident in each type of discipline. Teaching activities seldom were rewarded; in some cases, time spent on teaching was negatively related to salary. 相似文献
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Michael McManus 《School Leadership & Management》2013,33(3):261-286
Data on suspensions, policies and practices in High Schools were analysed taking account of catchment variations. The main conclusion is that school‐related factors are the principal influence on the number of pupils a school suspends. There was no support for the view that high suspension rates reflect deprived catchment areas. Delegating responsibility for discipline to form or group tutors early in the referral process seems to be of central importance. 相似文献
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Samuel I. Bellman 《College Teaching》2013,61(1):53-57
Using a sample of 751 undergraduate students and 85 of their faculty, the author examined the extent of faculty-student differences in their priorities placed on eight learning goals. The findings show that students placed significantly more importance on career preparation, scientific reasoning, personal development, and art and cultural appreciation and that faculty placed significantly more importance on critical thinking and mastery of discipline content. Students and their faculty did not differ significantly on the priorities they placed on basic academic skills, citizenship, and values. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of curriculum development and an increasing belief that student development and learning are improved when curricula assess and incorporate students' goals and priorities. 相似文献
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Jackson S Thompson RA Christiansen EH Colman RA Wyatt J Buckendahl CW Wilcox BL Peterson R 《Child abuse & neglect》1999,23(1):15-29
OBJECTIVE: According to sociological and ecological models of abuse, typically nonabusive parents could behave abusively towards their children under certain circumstances. The purpose of this study was to examine factors that place parents at risk of abusing their children by predicting parents' use of discipline practices and attitudes that may bias parents towards abusive behaviors, which we refer to as abuse-proneness. METHOD: A telephone interview was administered by the Gallup Organization to a nationally representative sample of 1,000 parents. Using a set of theoretically relevant risk factors, multiple regression was used to predict variations in parental attitudes (i.e., attitudes towards physical discipline and attitudes that devalue children) and parental discipline practices (i.e., physical discipline, nonphysical discipline, and verbal abuse). RESULTS: The findings confirmed the importance of examining elements of parental attitudes, history, personality characteristics, as well as religion and ideology in predicting abuse proneness. Child age also was an important predictor in all analyses except predicting parental attitudes that devalue children. The findings suggest also, however, that it may be unduly simplified to regard parents as somewhere on a continuum of nonpunitive to punitive disciplinarians. Social isolation was not a significant predictor in any of the analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Although many important theoretical predictors of abuse proneness were confirmed, many questions arise regarding the diversity of discipline practices that parents use, and the relevance of child's age and social isolation in predicting abuse proneness. Implications for practitioners and future research are discussed. 相似文献
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Nina Willis Walter 《College Teaching》2013,61(4):201-202
This investigation documents an intervention that successfully counteracted a grade inflation trend at a small, Catholic, liberal arts university in the eastern United States. The intervention produced a significant drop in grades awarded by full-time faculty, but not by adjunct faculty who were not yet included in the intervention. Institutional factors affecting grade inflation (i.e., class size, course level, academic discipline, day and semester of delivery) were also analyzed before and after the intervention. 相似文献
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Research productivity and scholarly accomplishment of college teachers as related to their instructional effectiveness: A review and exploration 总被引：2，自引：5，他引：2
Kenneth A. Feldman 《Research in higher education》1987,26(3):227-298
This analysis reviews the research that has been done on the connection between research productivity or scholarly accomplishment of faculty members and their teaching effectiveness (as assessed by their students). On average, there is a very small positive association between the two variables. To understand this relationship better, extant research was explored for factors that might mediate either positive or inverse associations between research productivity and teaching effectiveness and those that possibly could be common causes of them. Pedagogical practices and dispositions of faculty members, as well as certain course or class characteristics (size of class, electivity of course), were examined as potential mediating factors. Potential common causes investigated were academic rank and age of faculty members, their general ability, their personality characteristics, and the amount of time or effort they spend on research activities. The association between research productivity and teaching effectiveness was explored further by considering whether its size and direction varies by career stage of faculty members, their academic discipline, and the type of college or university in which they teach. 相似文献
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Jay R. Dee 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(7):593-607
High rates of faculty turnover can be costly to the reputation of an institution and to the quality of instruction. Community colleges may expect high rates of faculty turnover as an aging workforce retires. Other sources of attrition, however, can be attributed to organizational characteristics and the structural properties of faculty work. This study examined non-retirement turnover intent in an urban community college. Specifically, the study utilized an expectancy theory framework to explore the relationship between turnover intent and faculty perceptions of autonomy, organizational support for innovation, and collegial communication. The study population included all full-time faculty members employed by an urban community college in the southeastern U.S. Survey responses from 66% (N = 149) of the invited population revealed that organizational support for innovation had the strongest effect on turnover intent. Faculty who reported higher levels of support for innovation were less likely to indicate intentions to leave. Findings suggest that community colleges can target innovation and organizational change as vehicles for enhancing faculty retention rates. Change initiatives related to curriculum, governance, and faculty development can be designed in ways that facilitate faculty commitment to the institution. 相似文献
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Lawrence J. Stricker 《Research in higher education》1994,35(5):569-587
The aim of this study was to delineate departmental differences in the length of time that doctoral students take to receive
their degrees and the institutional characteristics linked with it. Variables describing graduate departments in three disciplines
(chemistry, English, and psychology) and their parent universities were obtained from available records. In analyses of departments
in each discipline, a relatively small set of institutional variables correlated with average time to the doctorate for the
department, after controlling for characteristics of students in the department, and these relationships differed from discipline
to discipline. The clearest and most extensive findings emerged for psychology: the institutional variables identified primarily
concerned faculty accessibility (student/faculty ratio and department size)—a longer time to the doctorate for departments
with many students per faculty member or many students. 相似文献
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Phyllis Blumberg 《Innovative Higher Education》2016,41(4):303-315
This article proposes a recommended course of action for faculty development based upon Rogers’ theory of Diffusion of Innovations and data collected in a study looking at the prevalence of use of learning-centered teaching practices. Specific faculty development strategies are aligned with Rogers’ factors influencing decisions to adopt innovations. The analysis of data indicated that 14% of the faculty members interviewed used predominately learning-centered teaching approaches and 8% rejected learning-centered teaching. Between these extremes, the others used learning-centered teaching components that fit with their personal teaching style and naturally suit their discipline. These recommendations will assist faculty developers, deans, chairs, and mentors in helping faculty members adopt learning-centered teaching practices. 相似文献
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Barnes Laura L. B. Agago Menna O. Coombs William T. 《Research in higher education》1998,39(4):457-469
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between job-related stress and faculty intent to leave academia. The stress variables studied were reward satisfaction, institutional/departmental reputation, time commitment, departmental/institutional influence, and student interaction. We hypothesized that the relationship between these variables and faculty intent to leave academia would be moderated by interest in one's discipline and sense of community — an institutional fit variable. We also investigated the effects of academic discipline, tenure status, and gender on these relationships. Based on data from a national faculty survey of 3,070 full-time tenure-track faculty, results indicated that of the variables studied, the two major correlates of intent to leave academia were time commitment and sense of community; however, time commitment did not moderate the stressor-intent relationship. Though showing significant zero-order correlations with intent, when gender and tenure status were added to the hierarchical regression analyses containing the stressors and moderators, neither variable contributed meaningfully to the prediction of intent. Academic discipline classification (Biglan, 1973) contributed only 2% to explained variance. A prediction model that contained all stressors, both moderators, and the background variables of gender and academic discipline accounted for 25% of the variance in intent to leave academia. 相似文献
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This study examined work and family factors that differentiate midcareer faculty members who were current from less current faculty with regard to the disciplinary knowledge base. The sample included 97 faculty (69 males, 28 females; 72 English, 25 Engineering) and their spouses. Cluster analyses of the work and family variables identified faculty subgroups within discipline. ANCOVAs showed a significant relationship between the clustered work-family profiles and levels of currency.Family differences: Current faculty and spouses reported spending more time on family-related responsibilities and experiencing greater stress from combined work-family responsibilities. Current Engineering faculty reported less flexibility in reallocating family responsibilities.Work differences: Faculty reported a greater commitment to their careers and to professional development: They reported higher scores on the Inner Work Standards scale; current English faculty read more professional journals and spent more time on research; current Engineering faculty spent more time on research and had more publications. 相似文献
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Michael D. Waggoner 《Technology, Pedagogy and Education》2013,22(2):175-186
ABSTRACT The preparation of teachers involves academics from across the disciplinary spectrum but research on the differences between academic disciplines has revealed that a faculty member's discipline is a major factor in shaping the several aspects of course planning and teaching. The purpose of this paper is to present a model for investigating disciplinary differences as they may relate to teaching with technology, thereby enabling more effective integration of technology into the curriculum. Components of the model include: the structure and ethos of the discipline; preparation for, and experience as, a teacher; faculty assumptions about students; faculty beliefs and perceptions about technology; and the environmental context. 相似文献
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大学教师是一种学术职业,学术晋升是大学教师学术能力得到学术共同体认可的重要标志。目前,学术界对于大学教师职业晋升的影响因素特别是个人因素方面的定量研究相对较少。利用T大学的教师晋升数据,运用定量分析的方法研究个人因素与制度因素如何影响大学教师的职业发展。研究发现:教师职业晋升速度存在性别、年龄、学科等方面的差异。 相似文献