3 Raising Standards While Lowering Anxieties: Rethinking the Promotion and Tenure Process

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-97
Keyword(s):  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Tenure Process

Unma(s)king Education in the Image of Business: A Vivisection of Educational Consumerism

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Schwartzman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Improve Efficiency ◽  
Market Economic ◽  
University Life ◽  
Critical Autoethnography ◽  
Personal Perspectives ◽  
Tenure Process

Configuring students as consumers and higher education as a commodity have been widely suggested as ways to empower students and improve efficiency. This critical autoethnography challenges the assumptions and implications of modeling education after free market economic principles. Personal perspectives on the promotion and tenure process, students confronting the marketplace, and exemplary mentoring accompany poetic reflections on market-infused university life.

The Perceived Impact of Journal of Information Systems on Promotion and Tenure

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane J. Janvrin ◽  
Jee-Hae Lim ◽  
Gary F. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Private Institution ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
Tenure Process

ABSTRACT During the promotion and tenure process, most institutions evaluate whether the candidate has published in high-quality research journals. This study examines the perceived impact of the Journal of Information Systems (JIS) on the promotion and tenure process. The research surveys 149 accounting information systems professors and 36 accounting department leaders. Results suggest that 62 percent of respondents indicated the JIS was very impactful on the promotion and tenure process, while 34 percent perceived the journal to play only a supportive role to higher-ranked journals. Further, senior scholars hold a higher perception of JIS's impact, while those who have served as external reviewers for promotion and tenure committees hold lower perceptions. Finally, results indicate a negative association between perceived promotion and tenure impact and whether the respondent is from a private institution, a larger-sized institution, and if the institution offers a doctoral program. Data Availability: All data used in this study are available upon request. The survey may be found in the online resources.

scholarly journals A Citation Analysis of College & Research Libraries Comparing Yahoo, Google, Google Scholar, and ISI Web of Knowledge with Implications for Promotion and Tenure

2009 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 460-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Martell
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Web Of Knowledge ◽  
Tenure Process

Two hundred and seventeen articles in College & Research Libraries from 2000 to 2006 were searched by title on Yahoo, Google, Google Scholar, and ISI Web of Knowledge to determine the frequency with which articles in the journal are cited, the effectiveness of the four search services, and the relevance and applicability of findings to promotion and tenure. Yahoo, Google, and ISI Web of Knowledge averaged between 2.8 and 3.5 citations per title for the period covered and Google Scholar averaged 6.4. The value of citations counts in the promotion and tenure process and the importance of publications in the evaluation of librarians are discussed.

scholarly journals A Case Study on Faculty and Professional Advisor Perceptions on Academic Advising

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agatha O'Brien-Gayes ◽  
Kerry Spitze
Keyword(s):  
Academic Advising ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Quantitative Difference ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Liberal Arts Institution ◽  
Time Faculty ◽  
Tenure Process

This case study addressed the attitudes and perceptions of faculty and professional advisors at a public comprehensive liberal arts institution. Based on a survey administered to full-time faculty and professional advisors in Fall 2009, the results showed a quantitative difference in levels of satisfaction with advising between the groups. Faculty resported a desire to function more in a mentoring capacity as well as increased recognition for advising during the promotion and tenure process, and identified a systemic need for better communication of policies and procedures. Professional advisors also raised these concerns but reported a higher level of overall satisfaction with advising. Concrete strategies to improve advising delivery were identified. Some preliminary best practices were addressed.

Navigating Teaching Evaluations

2021 ◽  
pp. 157-184
Author(s):  
Meredith A. Rausch ◽  
Laura L. Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Peer Feedback ◽  
Student Evaluations ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
New Faculty ◽  
Student Evaluations Of Teaching ◽  
Teaching Evaluations ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Performance Reviews ◽  
Tenure Process

The number of articles mentioning student evaluations of teaching is in the thousands, with research pointing to the positive and negative aspects of these evaluative measures. The use of the collected data from both students and peers may be used for merit raises, awards, yearly performance reviews, and the promotion and tenure process. Therefore, a new faculty must demonstrate effective teaching and their incorporation of student feedback in order to meet their institutional requirements. This chapter explores the basics of student evaluations of teaching, peer in-class observations, formative and summative purposes, and ways to utilize and cope with student and peer feedback regarding your teaching.

The role of online learning in the merit and promotion process: Is credit necessary or applied?

First Monday ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Kupczynski ◽  
Angela M. Gibson ◽  
Linda Challoo
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Promotion Process ◽  
Tenure Process ◽  
Current Standards

Traditionally, universities have awarded promotion/tenure based on subjective criteria developed by the granting institution and disregarded credit for creating and teaching an online course. Current standards for promotion/tenure at Texas public universities and the role that an online course should play in tenure/promotion process are explored. Texas was selected to represent national standards in the promotion and tenure process.

scholarly journals The Role Of Service In P&T Decisions

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Saunders ◽  
Christopher Luchs ◽  
Walter Smith
Keyword(s):  
Decision Process ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
The Third ◽  
Full Professorship ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Tenure Process

Promotion and tenure are very important to faculty members, especially to faculty that are untenured or are in the lower academic ranks.  Typically, universities grant promotion and tenure (P & T) based on three components: research, teaching, and service.  Research is usually relatively well defined and is based on some combination of quality and quantity of presentations and publications.  Teaching effectiveness is typically evaluated using peer evaluations, student evaluations, and the ratings of administrators.  The third component, service, tends to be the least well defined of the three.   The reason for this may be that service is more difficult to quantify because its components tend to be numerous and vague.  This study investigates the perceived importance, what is, of service in the P & T decisions and how important service should be in those decisions.  Email questionnaires were sent to faculty across the nation to obtain their perceptions concerning the overall importance of service in the P & T process at their school.  The survey is designed to capture data regarding the perceived present importance of service in the promotion and tenure process, and what the importance of service in the promotion and tenure process should be.  The results indicate that service is considered to be between “slightly” and “moderately” important in obtaining promotion and tenure.  Respondents indicated that service should be at least “moderately important” in the P & T decision process.  These differences between how important service is and how important it should be are all statistically significant at the 1% level.  Overall, the results show that service is more important for the promotion to full professorship decision than it is for the promotion to associate and granting of tenure decisions.  In addition, analyses show that how important service is and how important it should be varies significantly with some of the demographic characteristics of the respondents’ schools.

scholarly journals Improving the Tenure Committee's Review Efficiency with Embedded Dossier Functionality

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Henriksen ◽  
David F. Kisor
Keyword(s):  
Journal Article ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Tenure Process

Numerous manuscripts have been published addressing perceptions of the promotion and tenure process. Very little has been published on mechanism to improve the efficiency of dossier review or tools to assist the reviewer in understanding the comprehensive scope of the applicant’s experiences. An innovative dossier format was utilized to assess the hyperlinks and pop-up tool tips would enhance the reviewer efficiency when reviewing the applicant’s materials. Super scripted numbers at the end of the narrative’s sentences, in the same manner as a journal article, contained the embedded hyperlinks and pop-up tool tips. A majority of the reviewers found the embedded functionality in the dossier did enhance their efficiency in completing the review.   Type: Case Study

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