From the perspective of role theory and its attendant construct role strain, we examine open-ended survey responses to an online survey from 47 program coordinators at a R1 university conducted during the 2021-2022 academic year. Results suggest that beyond the era-specific challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and satisfactions realized from…

Problems associated with managerialism are well established in Higher Education. Driven by pressures of funding cuts, league tables and the associated competitive environment, Higher Education followed other public sector bodies in adopting Lean Management principles. While there is scepticism about Lean Management because it is seen as an…

With the strong effect of globalisation, knowledge-based societies, competitiveness and new technologies upon universities, interest and need in academic management & leadership programs are increasing. More Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are beginning to provide their staff with academic management & leadership programs to ensure…

Higher education institutions are increasingly looking to online education as a means to broaden their market reach, increase student enrollments and ultimately realize increased tuition revenue. Many institutions, however, find that they have insufficient infrastructure resources to launch one or more fully online learning programs. A small…

The Valley City State University (North Dakota) Center for Innovation in Instruction serves the entire state as an educational, informational, and support center for use of emerging technologies in education. The center supports instructional innovation, provides professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators, promotes…

A survey of 22 colleges of applied arts and technology in Ontario concerning faculty development programs obtained data on administrative structure, funding, mission statement or specific mandate, activities, publications, incentives for faculty participation, assessment of faculty needs, and program evaluation efforts. A self-evaluation checklist…

The transformation of the present manual system of data manipulation at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile into a computer-based information system capable of supporting decision making is proposed. The information system would be used to determine the number of faculty required by each academic department, based on the number of weekly hours…