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Changing Course: Preparing
Faculty for the Future
Liberal Education
Summer 2002
Volume 88, Number 3
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CONTENTS:
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
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PFF--THE
ROAD AHEAD
by Carol Schneider
FEATURED TOPIC
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THE
DISCONNECT BETWEEN GRADUATE EDUCATION AND THE REALITIES
OF FACULTY WORK: A REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH
By Jerry Gaff
A review of recent studies regarding new faculty
and of graduate students aspiring to a faculty career
documents the deficiencies in graduate education
and the need for better bridges between doctoral
preparation and the actual work of faculty.
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WILL
REFORMS SURVIVE? STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINING PREPARING
FUTURE FACULTY PROGRAMS
By Ann Ferren, Jerry Gaff, and Alma Clayton-Pedersen
Observers of PFF programs reviewed selected campuses
to discover the results of nearly ten years of participation.
Significant factors in the programs and strategies
for sustaining their momentum provide insight into
current practices in graduate education and what
future faculty need.
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OUR DOCTORAL PROGRAMS ARE FAILING OUR UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS
By Jack Meacham
Does graduate education adequately prepare doctoral
students for the varied responsibilities of the
professoriate they plan to enter? What role could
other kinds of institutions play in the education
of graduate students for the professoriate?
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DISCIPLINARY LEADERSHIP IN PREPARING FUTURE
FACULTY: THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
By Paul D. Nelson and Sherwyn P. Morreale
National disciplinary associations through their
varied array of resources demonstrate how they can
support the preparation of future faculty as a natural
part of graduate department responsibilities.
GREATER EXPECTATIONS: THE COMMITMENT TO QUALITY
AS A NATION GOES TO COLLEGE
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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHING INNOVATION
By Nancy Van Note Chism, N. Douglas Lees, and
Scott Evenbeck
Effective faculty development is intensified when
the work of teaching change takes place in communities
of practice. A model of the process of faculty development
for innovative teaching shows how it became institutionalized.
PERSPECTIVES
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COMPACTS
AND COLLABORATION ACROSS THE FACULTY/ADMINISTRATOR
DIVIDE
By Linda McMillen
What are the factors that reinforce the division
between faculty and administrators? Are there processes
that minimize the divide? Lessons learned about
collaboration convey its complexity and potential
for producing results that benefit participants
and institutions.
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DISCIPLINARY DANGERS
By Eugenia P. Gerdes
Beyond administrators' serving as advocates for
liberal education and providing appropriate resources,
charging a faculty group to transcend disciplinary
perspectives and assume responsibility for general
education is essential to protecting students' broader
educational interests.
MY VIEW
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THE LAST WORD: THE IMPACT OF PREPARING
FUTURE FACULTY INITIATIVES ON NEW AND FUTURE FACULTY
By Charles Bashara
What do graduate students say about their experience
of PFF? How do they face the challenges of seeking
faculty appointments? And how do they regard PFF's
relevance to their first years in the professoriate?
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