Bøger af Ann E. Austin

Grounded in scholarship but written for busy institutional leaders, Building Gender Equity in the Academy is a handbook of actionable strategies for faculty and administrators working to improve the inclusion and visibility of women and others who are marginalized in the sciences and in academe more broadly.

Despite continued growth in enrolments, graduate program attrition rates are of great concern to academic program coordinators. It is estimated that only 40 to 50% of students who begin PhD programs complete their degrees. This book describes programs, initiatives, and interventions that lead to overall student retention and success.

The first decade of the 21st century brought major challenges to higher education. This volume provides the field with a snapshot of faculty development structures, priorities and practices in a period of change, and uses the collective wisdom of those engaged with teaching, learning, and faculty development centers and programs to identify important new directions for practice.

In recent years, new expectations of higher education from parents, employers, trustees, and government leaders have contributed to broad institutional changes. Recognizing that the quality of a university or college is closely related to that of its faculty members, many institutions have increased their efforts to support and enrich faculty work.