SHAPING FACULTY ROLES IN A TIME OF CHANGE:
Leadership for Student Learning
Program Highlights
OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION
Thursday, April 2, 2009, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
A Resilient Faculty for Turbulent Times: Setting the Context, Framing the Issues
Gertrude Fraser, Associate Professor and Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, University of Virginia; Michael Gress, President, Association for General and Liberal Studies and Professor of Philosophy and English, Coordinator of General Education, Vincennes University; R. Eugene Rice, Senior Scholar, AAC&U; and Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Associate Provost for Faculty Development, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Who are today’s faculty and what are their responsibilities? Can there be a profession with a common, coherent mission, or has the faculty role become so “unbundled” that it is no longer possible? How can future faculty be prepared to meet the learning needs of students in a highly complex and interdependent world? This panel will identify the most pressing issues facing faculty in a time of widespread change in American higher education.
PLENARY
April 3, 2009, 9:15 - 10:15 a.m.
Examining Possibilities and Moral Perils of the Professoriate
William Sullivan, Senior Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Dr. Sullivan will examine the evolution of faculty roles and the implications for creating effective faculty development practices. He will identify the possibilities amid today’s challenging environment for faculty to develop professional identity, assume leadership roles in promoting student learning, and foster among themselves and their students a stronger sense of civic responsibility within higher education and in the larger society.
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LUNCHEON DISCUSSION
Friday, April 3, 2009, 12:30 – 2:15 p.m.
*Separate registration and $50 fee required for LuncheonDiscussion
Restructuring Academic Work: New Career Paths for Faculty
Gary Rhoades, Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Arizona, and Gloria Thomas, Director, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan
Dr. Thomas and Dr. Rhoades will share their latest research on organizational change and faculty recruitment and retention and discuss what the data might portend for restructuring academic work and creating new approaches to faculty rewards and development.
CLOSING PLENARY
Saturday, April 4, 2009, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Shaping Faculty Roles in a Time of Change
Ann E. Austin, Professor of Education Administration, Michigan State University; Timothy K. Eatman, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Syracuse University and Research Director, Imagining America; Mary Huber, Senior Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; and Mark Wade Lieu, Professor, English as a Second Language, Ohlone College and Vice President of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
What new dimensions should be included in a vibrant and inclusive concept of faculty identity? How can the academy prepare the next generation of faculty who understand the core values that have defined academic work and can respond effectively to the changing context for higher education? How are the expectations, values, and hopes of the new generation of faculty shaping the academic profession? Panelists will begin to frame a definition of a 21st century professoriate that includes the values, core knowledge, and roles that are essential parts of faculty identity across diverse demographic characteristics, institutional contexts, and appointment patterns.
Preliminary Program (pdf)
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