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New Faculty Involvement for Women and Minorities.
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Boice, Robert – Research in Higher Education, 1993
Four cohorts of new women and minority faculty were studied to investigate the role that immersion in campus activities and resources plays in career success. The model applied used unconventional methods of interviewing and suggests specific interventions to avoid career difficulties. Women and minorities tended to be less effectively immersed…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Careers, College Faculty, Entry Workers
Academic Employment Decisions and Gender.
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Teevan, James J.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A study found few gender differences in young college faculty's (n=115) reasons for acceptance, rejection, or resignation of academic positions. Results imply academic recruiting should focus on quality of academic life in the department or institution, accommodating family members' needs, and job security in the form of longer, tenure-track…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Decision Making, Employment Patterns, Entry Workers
Anticipatory Socialization of Undergraduate College Teaching Norms by Entering Graduate Teaching Assistants.
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Braxton, John M.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1995
A study of 250 new teaching assistants and 122 tenure-track faculty investigated their endorsement of 4 norms defining appropriate and inappropriate teaching behavior: (1) interpersonal disregard; (2) particularistic grading; (3) moral turpitude; and (4) inadequate planning. Both groups accorded the norms similar levels of impropriety. Questions…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Behavior Standards, College Instruction, Entry Workers
Gender Differences in Employment and Starting Salaries of Business Majors during the 1980s: The Impact of College-Acquired Characteristics.
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Callaway, Rick; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1996
A study of employment patterns and starting salary gaps among male and female business graduates during the 1980s found that while both employment conditions and earnings improved for women, the gender gap in starting salaries increased during the decade. Of college-acquired student characteristics, only academic achievement persisted as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Business Administration Education, Comparative Analysis
The Enculturation of New Faculty in Higher Education: A Comparative Investigation of Three Academic Departments.
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Rosch, Teryl Ann; Reich, Jill N. – Research in Higher Education, 1996
A study using both quantitative and qualitative techniques investigated the role of institutional culture in socialization of newly-recruited faculty in social sciences/ humanities departments and compared them with perceptions of current faculty concerning institutional culture and departmental subcultures. Four stages of acculturation are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College Environment
Developing Writing, then Teaching, amongst New Faculty.
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Boice, Robert – Research in Higher Education, 1995
The design and results of a program to support writing and, by extension, research among new college faculty (n=16) are reported. The strategy emphasized six components of writing (motivation, imagination, fluency, control, audience, and resilience), and was found to help participants meet goals for improvement (more articles accepted in refereed…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, College Instruction