Introduction to Transparency in the Academic Appointment and Promotion Processes

It is commonly thought that the promotion of faculty members is affected by their research performance. The current study is unique in examining how academic faculty members perceive the harm or damage to academic appointment and promotion processes, as a direct effect of student evaluations as manifested in teaching surveys. One hundred eighty two questionnaires were collected from senior faculty members at academic institutions. Most respondents were from three institutions: Ariel University, Ben Gurion University, and the Jezreel Valley College. Qualitative and statistical research tools were utilized, with the goal of forming a model reflecting the effect of the harm to academic appointment and promotion processes, as perceived by faculty members. The research findings show that the lecturers find an association that causes harm to their promotion processes as a result of student evaluations. Assuming that students' voices and their opinion of teaching are important – the question is how should these evaluations be treated within promotion and appointment processes: what and whom do they indicate? Do they constitute a reliable managerial tool with which it is possible to work as a foundation for promotion and appointment processes – or should other tools be developed, unrelated to students' opinions?

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The Criteria of Academic Appointment

The Order of Learning ◽

10.4324/9781315133614-11 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 285-298

Keyword(s):

Academic Appointment

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Looking inside the world of peer review: Implications for graduate student writers

Language Teaching ◽

10.1017/s0261444818000150 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 (3) ◽

pp. 331-342 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Brian Paltridge

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Graduate Student ◽

Early Career ◽

Academic Journals ◽

Student Writers ◽

Academic Appointment ◽

The World ◽

The Future ◽

Research Students

Getting published in academic journals is increasingly important for research students in terms of gaining employment when they complete their studies and, in the future, for tenure and promotion applications once they have obtained an academic appointment. In this paper, I discuss some of the challenges that student (and early career) writers face when submitting articles to academic journals and, in particular, how they might better understand and respond to the reports they receive on their work.

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Criteria of Academic Appointment

Minerva ◽

10.1007/bf01097639 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 570-574

Author(s):

Jean-Marie Conia

Keyword(s):

Academic Appointment

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Paid Consulting in Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology

Canadian Journal of Higher Education ◽

10.47678/cjhe.v22i3.183139 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Stephen Bell ◽

Glen A. Jones

Keyword(s):

Community Colleges ◽

Significant Variation ◽

Faculty Participation ◽

Academic Appointment ◽

One Year ◽

Applied Arts

A survey of faculty participation in paid consulting arrangements in Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology reveals that 34% were involved in at least one project during a specified one-year period. There was significant variation in participation by division of academic appointment and by gender. The authors suggest that further research should be undertaken concerning the nature and role of paid consulting in community colleges. A number of basic questions are raised in an attempt to induce further study on this important topic.

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Benchmarking the research track record and level of appointment of Australian medical laboratory science academics

10.21203/rs.3.rs-17520/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Rebecca Donkin ◽

Kieran Broome ◽

Libby Swanepoel

Keyword(s):

Research Performance ◽

Medical Laboratory ◽

Medical Laboratory Science ◽

Laboratory Science ◽

Academic Appointment ◽

Track Record ◽

Research And Teaching ◽

Publication Number ◽

Research Track ◽

Number Of Publications

Abstract Background Benchmarking across and within universities is a common tool to evaluate performance of a program and maintain accreditation requirements. While teaching remains a primary responsibility of many academics, academic research performance is a major contributor towards career advancement and standards in the medical laboratory science profession. While anecdotal evidence suggests academics are active contributors to the evidence base of the profession, there is a high variability in research output in relation to institution and level of appointment. The aim of the study was to benchmark the research track record of Australian medical laboratory science academics and provide insight into how research productivity informs the level of appointment of academics across their career pathway.Methods A bibliographic analysis of Australian medical laboratory science faculty websites and corresponding Scopus citation database profiles was conducted. A description of current research track record and relationships with holding a doctorate, academic appointment level, research and teaching interests, and institutional characteristics were explored. Quantitative data and frequencies were analysed using IBM SPSS version 26 to benchmark research track records by academic appointment level.Results There were 124 academics identified from thirteen universities who had a teaching and research position in an undergraduate medical laboratory science program in Australia. Academics at the level of lecturer or higher typically held a doctorate (89%). Holding a doctorate strongly influenced the number of publications. The top 20% of researchers authored around half of the overall publications. The majority of academics did not have alignment of their major research and teaching areas however, alignment had no influence on number of publications. There was, however, an inconsistent relationship between metropolitan or regional university location and the number of publications.Conclusion Data from this study provides academics with benchmarks for the research track record required at each level of appointment. When drawing conclusions on academic progression, promotion and tenure through research track record it would be mindful to assess each on a case by case basis. Institution (metropolitan versus regional) and research interest appears to influence publication number, h -index and citation scores.

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My First Academic Appointment

From Scientific Psychology to the Study of Persons ◽

10.4324/9781003092858-3 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 27-37

Author(s):

Jack Martin

Keyword(s):

Academic Appointment

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The Celebrated Composer, 1928–34

Berg ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190931445.003.0009 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 289-316

Author(s):

Simms Bryan

Keyword(s):

Financial Crisis ◽

Dance Music ◽

Academic Appointment

In this chapter aspects of Berg’s life during his last eight years are recounted. Berg’s childhood friend Hermann Watznauer proposed a biography of Berg, in which project the composer concurred. Berg was offered an academic appointment at the Berlin Musikhochschule, but he preferred to stay in Vienna, hoping for a position at the Vienna Music Academy, which did not materialize. His complex relations with his family contributed to a slowing of his attention to music. As his mood darkened, he complained of losing his ability to compose, and he attempted to revive his spirits by flirtations with two women, Anny Askenase and Edith Edwards. Berg purchased a summer retreat, the Waldhaus, in 1932. From about this time, with the rise of the Nazis, Berg’s music had few performances in Germany and Austria and he gradually faced a financial crisis. In 1929 he received a lucrative commission from the soprano Ružena Herlinger to compose a concert aria for her use. Berg then composed Der Wein, a setting for voice and orchestra of poetry by Baudelaire. The work was his first to bring in styles from popular dance music such as the tango.

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