A Matter of Public Concern: The Case for Academic Freedom Rights of Public University Faculty

The pay and benefit satisfaction of public university faculty is examined in two phases. In the first phase, a model containing only demographic correlates is used to predict satisfaction. In the second phase, the demographic variables are coupled with a series of attitudinal variables. For compensation satisfaction, pay level was the primary predictive variable. In addition, dummy variables for several academic disciplines, as well as a number of the attitudinal variables, were also significant. For satisfaction with indirect benefits, perceptual variables were the primary predictors. Implications for the management of public sector university faculty and methodological issues are discussed.

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Double Blow to Scientific Research and Academic Freedom in Latinoamerica: Debt, Then Flames

Qualitative Inquiry ◽

10.1177/1077800419878757 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (7) ◽

pp. 755-767

Author(s):

Consuelo Chapela

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Social Justice ◽

Academic Freedom ◽

Academic Research ◽

Scientific Research ◽

Public University ◽

National Museum ◽

Neoliberal Policies ◽

Policies And Practices

Weaving together some historical, collective, and personal threads, I focus mainly on the trajectory of the marks neoliberal policies had printed on the Mexican and Latinoamerican Public University. I examine some polices, spaces, and forms of academic research before and in neoliberal contexts. Then I examine how those policies have been outstanding capitalist dispositifs undermining critical and social justice-oriented higher education and research. I conclude that, very much like in the National Museum of Brazil in 2018, neoliberal policies and practices of debt set fire to the Latinoamerican Public University challenging Public University ideals.

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Truth in Education and Science

Eco-ethica ◽

10.5840/ecoethica20206226 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. 201-244

Author(s):

Asger Sørensen ◽

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Academic Freedom ◽

Liberal Education ◽

University Faculty ◽

Checks And Balances ◽

The University ◽

Education Science ◽

Idea Of The University

The growing number of universities today makes it relevant to consider again the idea of the university. Consulting the classics of the discussion, I argue that we must retain the idealist notions of knowledge, science and truth professed by Newman in his argument for liberal education, although he neglects the possible corruption of the university faculty. The problem of corruption is recognized by Jaspers, criticizing all idealist notions and leaving science and scholarship to rely only on existential commitment. The problem for both classics, however, is that they conceive of academic freedom in an all-too individualist way. Instead, I argue that the idea of the academic republic should be taken seriously, i.e., that a contemporary idea of the university must include suggestions for university government comprising institutional checks and balances. Only such a constitutional notion of academic freedom may counter neo-liberal reification of higher education, science, and scholarship.

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Very High Level of Teaching Behavior and Outstanding Teaching Performance of Public University Faculty

JPAIR Multidisciplinary Research ◽

10.7719/jpair.v22i1.336 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Oswald T. Tolentino ◽

Crizzle A. Bajet Paz

Keyword(s):

Classroom Environment ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Public University ◽

University Faculty ◽

Teaching Performance ◽

Teaching Behavior ◽

Work Distribution ◽

Correlational Method ◽

High Level ◽

Very High

The quality of education depends on several factors such as training for students, teaching activities, management of the school, and the teachers themselves. The teachers are the most important factor in successful teaching. Moreover, to influence student’s behavior, the relationship between a teacher and his student is the most effective influence. The study aimed to determine the level of teaching behavior and level of teaching performance of the faculty in the College of Technology in the University of Northern Philippines. Using descriptive-correlational method of research, the study used questionnaires as primary tools in gathering the data. Findings showed that the faculty had a very high level of teaching behavior along personal, teacher and students, involvement of student, influence method, discipline control, preparing teaching method, teaching process, classroom environment and facilities, work distribution, and learning strategy and social skill. Furthermore, the faculty had outstanding level of teaching performance. The level of teaching behavior of the faculty is not significantly related with their level of teaching performance. The teaching performance of the faculty should not rest on their laurels by enhancing some aspects of their performance like sharing learning objectives with students, promoting a healthy exchange of ideas, and using appropriate evaluation tools.Keywords – Education, teaching, behavior, performance, descriptive-correlational method, public university, faculty, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

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Current Issues: Evidence-Based Practice for the Real World: Thoughts on Clinical Education in Communication Disorders

Perspectives on Administration and Supervision ◽

10.1044/aas20.3.100 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 100-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Anne K. Bothe

Keyword(s):

Clinical Education ◽

Real World ◽

Evidence Based Practice ◽

Communication Disorders ◽

University Faculty ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Basic Principles ◽

The Real ◽

Language Pathology

This article presents some streamlined and intentionally oversimplified ideas about educating future communication disorders professionals to use some of the most basic principles of evidence-based practice. Working from a popular five-step approach, modifications are suggested that may make the ideas more accessible, and therefore more useful, for university faculty, other supervisors, and future professionals in speech-language pathology, audiology, and related fields.

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