scholarly journals Phoning it in? Examining Pre-Employment Phone Interview Procedure in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Paul James Antonellis ◽  
Danielle Flam
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
The United States ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Organizational Fit ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Phone Interview

            In the United States, the employment screening process for hiring full-time faculty in higher education involves the vetting of curricula vitae, phone interview(s), and/or campus visits (Cardeiro, 2010; Shively, Woodward, & Stanly, 1999). The purpose of this research was to examine the phone interview procedure at one institute of higher education, and from there, formulate a systematic phone interviewing procedure that could be put to use at this particular university.            After conducting a review of relevant literature, the researchers engaged in action research that utilized qualitative data of 10 participants who took part in the pre-interview, professional development intervention, and the post-interviews for this research project. The action research protocol involved identifying the problem to bring about a positive organizational change, selecting the needed change, implementing the proposed change, and evaluating the results of the change. Upon completion of which, three emerging themes from the collected data were determined:  a) phone interview procedure and structure, b) assessment and screening procedures, c) organizational fit.            This research proves to be significant because it expands the current knowledge on the topic of conducting employment phone interviews in higher education for tenure track faculty. How higher educational institution conduct faculty screening is often considered a trade secrete, resulting in other institutions unwillingness to provide information on how they conducting faculty screening (Trower, 2012).  By sharing this protocol with the field, places of higher learning can begin to assess and measure their own hiring procedures, and correct practices that may be flawed, inequitable, or possibly illegal.

Preparing Critical Educators and Community-Engaged Scholars Through Participatory Action Research

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Meagan Call-Cummings ◽  
Melissa Hauber-Özer ◽  
Jennifer Rainey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Discrete Method ◽  
Emancipatory Pedagogy ◽  
The University

Participatory action research (PAR) is a community-based form of inquiry conducted with individuals affected by an issue or problem being studied rather than about them. Rather than a method of inquiry, PAR is an epistemological stance towards knowledge and knowledge creation that is rooted in critical, emancipatory pedagogy. Because it is an orientation, rather than a discrete method, PAR is difficult to teach. Here the authors explore the experiences of both undergraduate pre-service teachers and doctoral students as they seek to reconcile PAR principles and practice with their personal and professional backgrounds. The purpose is not to present the best approach for teaching PAR in the university classroom; rather, it is a reflective exploration of the experiences of the authors' participants, which reveals rich insights into what it feels like to become researchers within the ‘culture' of formal higher education in the United States.

Adjuncts in Higher Education in the United States

Education ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Hecht ◽  
Isabel Balseiro ◽  
Daniel Maxey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Advanced Degrees ◽  
International Graduate ◽  
Tier System

Although teaching remains the province of tenured and tenure-track professors in some elite colleges and universities in the United States, this arrangement is increasingly anomalous in many other institutions of higher learning. “Contingent professors” (here used interchangeably with the term “adjuncts”) refers to anyone teaching at the tertiary level who is not in the tenure stream. This entry refers principally to those with higher degrees who are paid by the course. The shift away from the tenure system may not have been as rapid as is often thought (it dates back at least some decades), but it is a sweeping change. Contingents now constitute a significant majority of academics. In 1969, over 78 percent of faculty were tenured or tenure-track; by 2009, that figure had declined to about 33 percent. Research faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows are not included in those figures; if they were, the overall representation of adjunct or contingent faculty in higher education would be considerably higher. Most contingent professors teach for a living; some may hope to land a tenure-track position. Others have full-time jobs and teach out of pleasure; yet others, having reached the end of their careers, prefer to teach at a more leisurely pace. Some do it for a short time, whereas others make a lifelong career of it. A considerable portion of non-tenured teachers in the United States are international graduate students or postdoctoral scholars, many of whom have financial, immigration, and communication challenges. What these educators have in common is that their jobs are insecure and can be terminated without review or explanation. The pay is low, sometimes close to minimum wage if examined on an hourly basis; more often than not, those paid by the course receive no benefits. Once hailed as the road to equality, higher education is now imparted in a context of stark inequity—a two-tier system in which some have a job for life, and others can be dismissed at any time. When the policy of paying faculty by the course is defended by institutional leaders, it is often with reference to the purported goal of achieving a certain nimbleness in matching the workforce with changing enrollments, the need to balance budgets, and an alleged surplus of scholars with advanced degrees. However, the inequity in pay, benefits, and working conditions is so stark that discussion of adjuncts has moved beyond the mere denunciation of their working conditions to an increased interest in improving those conditions. Nevertheless, the status of adjuncts raises many questions. How does this policy affect student learning? What does it mean that most professors now lack traditional academic protections of freedom of speech? Is it acceptable that the majority of academics are excluded from institutional decisionmaking while also lacking any clear path toward advancement on the job? Are unions addressing the needs of adjunct professors?

scholarly journals College Students with Disabilities Explain Challenges Encountered in Professional Preparation Programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen E Squires ◽  
Brad Countermine
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Preparation ◽  
Literature Discussion ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
College Students With Disabilities ◽  
Comprehensive College

Throughout the United States, students with disabilities (SWD) are entering higher education in greater numbers than in the past; they also encounter barriers that negatively impact their college experience. This qualitative study explores the challenges of SWD at a public comprehensive college in the northeastern United States. Our research questions include the following: What are the internal and external challenges of college SWD in professional preparation programs? What might this mean for practice in higher education? In total, 541 participants completed an open-ended survey. Of this group, 45 participants disclosed having a disability, and 12 participated in follow-up interviews. Primary themes that emerged from this study include under- developed self-determination skills, lack of understanding (by SWD and faculty), the stigma associated with disabilities, and ineffective accommodations and support services. What follows is a review of relevant literature, discussion of findings, and presentation of implications for college SWD and professionals in higher education.

scholarly journals The Role of a Pedagogical University in the System of Mentoring Young Teachers: the Results of Approbation of Model of Double Full-Time and Distance Mentoring and Methodological Support of Young Teachers of Moscow City University in 2017–2020

2020 ◽  
pp. 135-141
Author(s):  
Tatyana Vladimirovna Sherbakova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
State Pedagogical ◽  
Distance Model ◽  
Moscow City ◽  
Young Teacher ◽  
Young Teachers

This paper reveals the results of the research “Im-plementation models of mentoring and methodolog-ical support for young teachers in the practice of Moscow schools of the State Autonomous Educa-tional Institution of Higher Education of Moscow State Pedagogical University (MCU) in 2019–2020”. This article presents a description of a dual face-to-face and distance model of mentoring for a young teacher with the participation of a pedagogical uni-versity as a platform and organizer of mentoring. This model ensures the integration of a novice spe-cialist into the educational environment of the me-tropolis as a whole, not limited to intra-school men-toring. The elements of the model are the digital platform “MGPU-your mentor”, personal mentoring, full-time system of thematic meetings and discus-sions of young teachers with experts of the modern education system, master classes of university teachers, a club of young teachers, methodological and thematic consulting, refresher courses. The methodological foundations of the mentoring model are determined. The study was carried out as part of the organizational and methodological work “Im-plementation of models of mentoring and methodo-logical support for young teachers in the practice of Moscow schools in the Main Educational Institution of Higher Education MSPU in 2019–2020”. The basis for the work is the Moscow state program “Devel-opment of education in the city of Moscow (“Capital education”)” for 2012–2020.

scholarly journals Seedbed of Professionalism in Southeastern College Libraries, 1890-1920

2014 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick M. Valentine
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Full Time ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
College And University ◽  
Consistent Basis ◽  
The 19Th Century

ABSTRACT:  The creation of academic libraries was a fundamental element in the rapid growth of higher education and mature literary culture in the United States at the end of the 19th century. This was the period when college and university libraries began their transformation from minor book depositories into centers of information. Southern colleges too were part of this transition and began developing their libraries and using full-time librarians during the Gilded and Progressive Eras.  Southern libraries, however, have seldom been studied on a consistent basis. This talk will explore the growth of academic libraries and the spread of academic librarians in the Southeast during this period.  These libraries, while remaining limited in size and numbers compared to those in other parts of the country, were quite aware of changes and attempted to keep up with professional growth.

scholarly journals Electronic information educational environment and modern student

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. V. Lebedeva ◽  
F. V. Povshednaya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
E Learning

Introduction. The modern system of domestic higher education is designed to flexibly respond to the challenges of the modern world, one of which is the possibility of obtaining knowledge through distance learning. The use of electronic services in this process, acting as an online and offline learning tool, actualizes the urgent need to develop in a digital environment a high-quality content of academic disciplines that meets the requirements of educational standards in various areas of training of future subject teachers, primary school teachers, preschool educational institution teachers, psychologists, speech therapists, defectologists. At the same time, it is important to assess all the risks that can devalue the physical, moral and material costs of organizing the educational process in the e-learning system from both teachers and support service specialists and the university as a whole.Materials and Methods. The paper uses a descriptive method based on the study and systematization of survey data of pedagogical university students of different directions and training profiles for several years. The respondents were full-time and part-time students. The data collection tool was the e-learning service of Minin University.Results. The analysis of respondents' answers to questions about the pros and cons of distance learning in the system of electronic information educational environment of the pedagogical university allowed us to draw some conclusions about the existence of both positive and negative consequences of the implementation of distance learning, which threaten the psychological safety of participants in the educational process.Discussion and Conclusions. Taking into account the fact that the creation of an e-learning system at Minin University is a large-scale project of modernization of the higher education system, during the implementation of which, since 2012, some experience has already been accumulated that requires reflection, today we can talk about the possibility of considering this electronic information educational environment as minimizing the risks of distance learning through electronic services. Further work in the direction of optimizing the work of the e-learning system of the pedagogical university, including working out the strategy of the "individual educational route" of each student, including assistance to students with special educational needs, should certainly be carried out from the position of involving students in assessing the opportunities and difficulties of working in an electronic educational environment.

scholarly journals Front Matter

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. i-iv
Author(s):  
W. James Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Action Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Projects

This is the first issue of Volume 4, with articles that examine higher education and/or action research projects in India, Indonesia, the United States, and other contexts.

scholarly journals Research Development and Its Workforce: An Evidence-Based Compendium for Higher Education and Other Environments

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Michael Preuss ◽  
Kimberly Eck ◽  
Mary Fechner ◽  
Loren Walker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
The United States ◽  
White Female ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Advanced Degree ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Development Professionals

Research development (RD) is a relatively new area of professional practice in and outside higher education for which “the full extent of practitioner purposes and practices is yet to be delineated” (Preuss, Eck, Fechner Walker, 2018, p. 2). To address this gap, data was compiled from 442 position descriptions, two surveys that asked about the background, experience, employers, roles, responsibilities, and salaries of RD professionals, and the membership roll of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP). Quantitative and qualitative analyses were completed as well as comparisons of findings from each of the sources. The result was an overview of the field and the persons who work in it. The average research development professional was a middle-aged, White, female with six or less years of experience in RD who held an advanced degree, who worked full time in a position she had occupied for four years or less and for an entity where she had been employed for longer than four years. More than 75% of the RD professionals were women but minorities were underrepresented as in many other areas of higher education and in STEM-related fields. More than half of the informants were recruited to, grew into, or had positions created for them in RD by their employer rather than being recruited from outside the organization. Approximately 72% of research development professionals in the United States worked at public colleges or universities in 2017, with the same percent working for doctorate-granting institutions. Their employers were located in 49 US states and one territory but there was a group of 14 states in which two-thirds of all known RD professionals could be found. There was also a tendency for large state and private universities that have more selective admission policies and a strong and extended focus on conducting research to employ groups of five or more RD professionals. RD professionals hold positions with a wide range of responsibilities, 62 were demonstrated to be part of the field. The data substantiated that these can be grouped in four categories already used by practitioners, strategic research advancement, communicating about research and research priorities, enhancing collaboration, and support of proposal production. Evidence of employment tiers and development of areas of specialization was found with statistically significant differences in responsibilities demonstrated between persons with the title Director and Proposal Developer/Grant Writer. RD offices tended to be small, most commonly staffed by one to two persons. Centralized offices were the type most frequently reported, 37.6% of respondents, but seven other organizing patterns existed. RD offices with five or more employees occurred at larger, flagship institutions that have had an historic focus on externally-funded research yet, over half of research development offices were reported to have existed for six years or less. Compensation reported for research development professionals was comparable to that noted by McDonald and Sorensen (2015) for Assistant and Associate Professors. Combined, the data facilitated formulation of the first detailed definition of research development that is fully evidence-based including identifying RD’s contribution to the mission of higher education and an operational description of how RD is practiced.

scholarly journals Transforming Youth Ministry Higher Education in Kenya: A Practical Theological Approach

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10q
Author(s):  
Nathan H. Chiroma ◽  
Kevin Muriithi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Christian University ◽  
Practical Theological ◽  
Youth Ministry Education

Youth ministry in Kenya is evolving. In the Presbyterian churches in Kenya for instance, new positions for full time youth workers show the increasing emphasis on youth work. However, youth workers in many of the Kenyan churches have not been trained in youth work. If trained, the curriculum of the institutions of training reveals a lacuna in a practical theological approach to youth work. This article argues that effective youth work lies at the nexus of theory, reflection and praxis, hence higher educational institutions and seminaries, in particular, must reconsider youth ministry education curriculum to meet the current state and need of youth in Africa. Using a desk study, this paper reviewed relevant literature regarding youth ministry in Higher education. Although Africa is seen as a young continent, yet many educational institutions lack curriculum that is contextualized for youth ministry. The practical theological approach of Richard Osmer is utilized in this paper by looking at what is happening, that is, the lacuna in youth work curriculum; the literature reveals that even though some form of training is happening, there is a need to further standardize the curriculum to include key courses that are crucial in youth ministry; the interpretive paradigm of “why” considers western approaches in classical theology that entrench youth marginalization in Africa; the study find out that most of the literature in youth ministry are written from a western perspective with only few African authors, the normative question, that is, “what ought to happen” considers a biblical-theology of youth work from various literature and some South African institutions and the pragmatic question, that is, “the how”, proposes Pan Africa Christian University as a model Kenyan institution that is transforming youth ministry education in Kenya through the various programs they offer in youth ministry.

scholarly journals Documenting sociopolitical development via participatory action research (PAR) with women of color student activists in the neoliberal university

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 591-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesica Siham Fernández ◽  
Jasmyne Y. Gaston ◽  
Madeline Nguyen ◽  
Jaia Rovaris ◽  
Rhyann L. Robinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sociopolitical Development ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Student Activists

Political activism attests to the sociopolitical development and agency of young people. Yet the literature sparingly engages the intersectional subjectivities that inform the sociopolitical development of young people, especially women of color. Important questions remain in the theorizing of sociopolitical development among youth engaged in political activism within higher education settings. Thus, we focus on the following question: What experiences informed or catalyzed the sociopolitical development of women of color student activists within a racialized neoliberal university in the United States? In addressing this question we demonstrate how student-led participatory action research (PAR) within the neoliberal university can facilitate and support sociopolitical development. Of most value, this paper demonstrates how PAR can be used as a tool to support the intersectional sociopolitical development of student activists organizing within racialized neoliberal settings of higher education that threaten the academic thriving and overall wellbeing of students of color, specifically women of color. Sociopolitical development theorizing must engage elements of relational healing as a dimension of wellbeing. Therefore, our work contributes to these conversations by centering the experiences of women of color student activists.

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