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Direct linkArnold, Lydia; Norton, Lin – Higher Education Academy, 2018
This resource has been written specifically for higher education practitioners who are interested in improving students' learning experiences through the process of researching their own practice. We use the term 'higher education practitioners' to describe all who work in universities and who have a stake in students' learning experiences.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Action Research, Definitions
Desruisseaux, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
A New York University "magnet" program supported by the Ford Foundation provides opportunities for 11 member institutions' faculty members to pursue research, curricular, and professional projects. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Consortia, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Peer reviewedOliva, L. Jay – Educational Record, 1986
New York University provides incentives in the form of grants to faculty who offer innovative solutions to institutional challenges by attracting external financial support. Diverse faculty initiatives include curriculum development and reorganization, instructional improvement, academic advising, student involvement in faculty research projects,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Grants
Download full textStauffer, Gregory L. – 1991
With the goal of providing professional development resources for enhancing faculty research productivity, Washburn University (Kansas), which employs about 250 full-time faculty, developed a program that allocates institutional funds through a peer review process. The fund's peer review process has involved two committees, a Faculty Research…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Financial Support, Guidelines, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKember, David; Gow, Lynn – Higher Education, 1992
A discussion of classroom research to promote instructional improvement at the college level looks at how it can be effective in faculty development and describes several research projects. Issues in research promotion, design, and methodology and the feasibility of such projects in instructional development units are considered. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, College Faculty, Faculty Development
Hamill, Paul J., Jr. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1985
A program of small foundation grants and a broad definition of the kinds of excellence to be supported by the institution combined to create faculty commitment to professional development at the College of Charleston since 1976. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Grants
Peer reviewedCook, Michael C. F. – Studies in Higher Education, 1980
Educational and psychological functions of the supervisor of undergraduate dissertations are identified. Special problems of supervisors are discussed together with the difficulties commonly experienced by students. Ways problems may be minimized and the desirability of supervisors acting within an agreed set of departmental aims, objectives, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Objectives, Faculty Advisers, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedDunn, Dana S.; Toedter, Lori J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Describes a collaborative honors project in psychology that allowed two students and two advisors to pursue a broad range of research issues. Discusses advantages and disadvantages of conducting such projects with undergraduates. Includes issues for student and faculty development such as stimulation of other joint research efforts, role models,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum
