An interdisciplinary research team conducted a formal assessment of campus culture and
faculty quality of life at Appalachian State University. Interviews with a stratified random …

There has been a significant amount of activity in the area of multicultural faculty
development; yet, this is an area where our profession continues to require growth and …

Responses to a questionnaire revealed that faculty development professionals typically
juggle several roles—which they find to be energizing—and typically balance multiple …

In this article we present 4 dimensions of transformative facilitation, each conceptualized
using the “wisdom of practice”(Weimer, 2006, p. 54) gathered through our experience …

Examination of a sample of teaching awards programs at colleges and universities in the
United States shows that the selection process for most is not based on explicit criteria …

In a recent issue of To Improve the Academy, van der Bogert, Brinko, Atkins, and Arnold
(1990) call for an approach to faculty development that integrates both feminine and …

For faculty development professionals to succeed with projects, we need the help of key
administrators. More than anyone else, they can link our efforts to campus priorities, help us …

The Dialogue study is concerned with understanding how Dialogue could be applied to
faculty development. Dialogue is a structured form of group interaction developed as an …

Faculty development has emerged as a central lever of change on college campuses. Yet
conceptions of faculty learning and development in higher education do not consider faculty …