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Block, Betty Ann; Tietjen-Smith, Tara; Estes, Steven G. – Quest, 2015
In this age of postmodern supercomplexity, universities face increased demands from many precincts in our society to respond to such issues as broader access, graduation rates, costs, and relevance, to name just a few. The cultivation of professional conditions that will help higher education and its kinesiology professoriate to not only to…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Kinetics, Higher Education, Decision Making
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O'Bryant, Camille – Quest, 2015
The purpose of this lecture is to provide the voice and visibility of African American women who have upheld the tradition of excellence set by Amy Morris Homans in the development of physical education in higher education for women and set pathways to transition our field to be more inclusive and diverse and have served as transformative leaders…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Higher Education, Gender Issues, Exercise Physiology
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DiGiacinto, Kacey – Quest, 2014
Increasing the involvement of African Americans in the field of kinesiology has been an ever present issue. While many colleges and universities are making attempts to diversify their undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty, many are finding this a difficult task due to the lack of minority undergraduate kinesiology majors pursuing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Physical Education, African American Students, Exercise Physiology
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Hodge, Samuel R. – Quest, 2014
In this paper, I engage in discourse centrally located in the ideology of race in the United States of America juxtaposed to social justice with promise for tomorrow in higher education and beyond. I assert that social justice in kinesiology requires that once hired, retaining, securing tenured status, and promoting faculty of color means having…
Descriptors: Physical Education, African American Teachers, Social Justice, Race
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Block, Betty Ann – Quest, 2014
This article discusses the need for chairs to recognize the changing and interconnected nature of postmodern times by engaging with policy makers, politics, and coalitions in this age of supercomplexity. Chairing a kinesiology department is a rewarding and complex position fraught with uncertainty; nevertheless, tolerating and planning for…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Exercise Physiology, Physical Education, School Policy
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Block, Betty A.; Estes, Steve – Quest, 2011
This article employs Barnett's (2004) specifications of the aspects that describe the times of "supercomplexity." This term characterizes the challenges universities are facing regarding the expanding and competing forces that are affecting higher education, particularly in the West. Outside forces related to globalization, digital technologies,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Integrity, Universities