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Elizabeth A. Jach; Teniell L. Trolian; Benjamin S. Selznick – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2024
The authors posit that sustained, broad adoption of applied learning is essential to the continued viability of higher education. They define applied learning, delineate research-proven benefits, and illustrate applied learning in practice. In addition, they consider facets to catalyze movement toward leveraging applied learning: leadership for…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Definitions, Educational Practices
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Paul Dean; Franchesca V. Nestor – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2024
This study evaluates student and faculty experiences with an anti-racism unit added to a first-year seminar. Student attitudes about race shifted little, but gains were reported in more racially diverse classrooms and in factual information on racial inequality. A majority of students reported favorable reactions to an antiracism reading, with the…
Descriptors: Racism, Student Attitudes, Racial Attitudes, Attitude Change
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Amy E. Hall; Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2024
In health science education, interprofessional education (IPE) and collaboration (IPC) support the creation of healthcare teams that provide optimal patient care. Despite the need for increased IPE/IPC, most faculty remain siloed by discipline, offering an opportunity for teaching centers to serve as IPE/IPC hubs. This article explores faculty…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Faculty, Communities of Practice, Health Sciences
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Gabriela Gui; Rick Vandermolen; Rui Niu-Cooper; Mary Bair – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-21 caused faculty to struggle with remote teaching and scholarship productivity. This article examines the experiences of faculty members who participated in a professional development project focused on writing for publication during the pandemic. Through an academic literacy lens, results indicate that participation…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Professional Identity, Faculty, Scholarship
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Dierker, Lisa; Nazarro, Valerie; Rosenbaum, Janet; Flaming, Kristin – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2023
The purpose of this study was to inform the dissemination of a project-based statistics curriculum by identifying institutional and instructor characteristics that predict its implementation. Data were drawn from pre- and post-workshop surveys completed by 67 instructors attending a one-and-a-half-day professional development workshop on…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Statistics Education, Curriculum Implementation
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Hos, Rabia; Argus, Stefanie; Triki, Anis; Yalcin, Mehmet G.; Walshe, Rachel; Santucci, Anna; Ponticelli, Max – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2023
This mixed-methods interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between theatre skills and graduate teaching assistants' development as university instructors. The authors employ a critical lens to look at classroom interactions as acts of performance. Data, which they collected through surveys and interviews with graduate teaching assistants…
Descriptors: Drama Education, Faculty Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Students
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Tolman, Anton O.; Johnson, Benjamin A. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2022
Undergraduate research is a high-impact practice (HIP), but it can be difficult to implement well. Faculty generally lack training for effectively mentoring students. A semi-autonomous faculty organization at Utah Valley University has maintained a faculty development program, the Mentoring Undergraduate Research Academy (MURA), and other…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Mentors, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Cruz, Laura; Vandermaas-Peeler, Maureen; Allocco, Amy L.; Patch, Kate – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2022
The respective benefits of students' participation in mentored undergraduate research (UR) and global educational experiences are well-established, but few studies have explored the combined effects of mentored UR in global contexts, or MURGC. To address this gap, the authors administered a survey to faculty, staff, and study abroad practitioners…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Mentors, College Faculty
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Aumiller, Jennifer; Enekwe, Blessing – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2022
Mentoring of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars is an integral part of training at research institutions. Mentoring scholarship has rapidly evolved over the last two decades, elucidating the need for shifts in mentor/mentee relationships, including the need for mentor training. The University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Workshops, College Faculty, Institutional Cooperation
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Young, Kelly A.; Marayong, Panadda; Vu, Kim-Phuong L. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2022
The Advancing Inclusive Mentoring (AIM) Program was created to share best practices in inclusive and positive mentoring with faculty members who work with undergraduate or graduate students on independent research, scholarly, or creative works across disciplines. This hybrid program contains 35 online episodes within six modules and is…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Faculty, Student Research, Program Effectiveness
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Rodriguez, Crystal C.; Rima, Brandi – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2022
"¡Presente!" is a faculty development program for redesigning course curricula to meaningfully include Latinx/a/o studies across disciplines. The authors describe the program as a model for others, especially Hispanic-serving and emerging institutions, to create inclusive, culturally-relevant curricula and pedagogy. They describe…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Multicultural Education, College Curriculum, Faculty Development
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Knipe, Mallory R. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2021
Student development of critical consciousness is essential in higher education if we are to promote civic engagement and educate students to be constructive global citizens. Research on consciousness raising reveals that instructors who have done due diligence in developing their own critical consciousness are best equipped to promote its…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, College Instruction, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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Abreu, Joshua; Castillo-Montoya, Milagros; Kortz, Kirsten – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2019
This study involved five English instructors at a Hispanic-serving community college who participated in professional development workshops on culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP). Three themes emerged from analysis of the survey and interview data: (1) Integration of disciplinary identity contributes to instructors'' satisfaction with the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Hispanic American Students
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Tassoni, John Paul – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2019
This article describes a studio approach to faculty development in a First-Year Seminar (FYS) program. The studio concept helps structure and theorize faculty development efforts in the program. Meeting for regular in-term reflections on their FYSs, instructors collectively generate responses to teaching challenges specific to the program as well…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, First Year Seminars, Teaching Methods, General Education
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Martinez, Anabella; Castillo-Montoya, Milagros; Bolitzer, Liza Ann – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2019
Learning in higher education is often perceived from the standpoint of the students, yet faculty are also learners. To investigate what faculty learn from their interactions with students, the authors analyzed interview data from 40 early post-tenure faculty and learned that (1) faculty approach subject matter differently than students and (2) the…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Faculty Development, College Students, College Faculty
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