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The National Survey of Programs and Initiatives that Enhance Academic Life
Government, economics, leadership, institutional context, changing student demographics, and an anticipated turnover of faculty are just some of the factors that affect academic life. The purpose of The National Survey is to describe and document the current trends in preparing prospective and new faculty to meet the challenges of academic life.
The project objectives are:
- gather data about programs and initiatives that enhance the preparation of graduate students for faculty life (e.g., TA programs, International TA programs, future faculty development efforts)
- collect data about programs and initiatives that cultivate student learning by enhancing academic life for the instructional staff of institutions of higher education
- publish discipline-based, university-wide, integrated, and collaborative- or partnership-oriented best practices that enhance graduate preparation for the academy, faculty life, and student learning
- disseminate a directory of contact information for programs and provide resources for those who wish to enhance or develop programs
- provide reflective essays from key national leaders about current practices and future trends that impact academic life
- identify strategies and future challenges to be addressed in order to recruit and retain a diverse faculty that will be successful in addressing such issues of academic life as a changing student population, technological advances, complexities of faculty roles and leadership development
With sponsorship from The American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), Partnership for Academic Programs in College Teaching (PACT), Syracuse University, and the University of New Hampshire and funding from PACT, Web- and paper-based surveys have been sent to over 2,000 institutions around the country. The surveys were designed to investigate program elements, participation, staffing, budget, funding sources and theoretical, philosophical and organizational principals. In addition, survey results will identify the relationships of individual programs to other efforts.
As of January 20, 2003, the first round of surveys have been sent out and data is currently being compiled. Check back often for results from the survey.
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