Faculty Scholarship (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639029277)

Faculty productivity is often a key determinant in how well faculty members survive and progress in academia. In an era of accountability and assessment, coupled with a decline of federal and state dollars, particularly among public funded institutions, higher education is under pressure to justify and validate resource use. One way higher education demonstrates accountability, and thereby validates resource use, is through assessment of productivity levels by examining faculty productivity and scholarship. Journal publications in a two-year period (fall 2003-fall 2005) were used as the proxy for measuring produc-tivity, with primary variables of interest being faculty tenure status, academic rank, gender, and race/ethnicity. The study yielded statis-tically non-significant results across all variables, but revealed impor-tant in-depth experiences of minority faculty in predominantly White Universities. The work is a must read for those who want to understand scholarly productivity in higher education in general, and colleges of education in particular.

Author: Precious Guramatunhu-Mudiwa
ISBN-10: 3639029275
ISBN-13: 9783639029277
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2008
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d