Universities globally face growing pressure to maintain competitiveness in research excellence. This corporatisation of market values often overlooks intersecting inequalities of gender, race, and class. This is especially true for a group of female Mid/Early-Career Researchers (M/ECRs) working in a large Australian university who experience…

The research aims to identify the main problems of regulating the activities of university teachers and propose directions for their resolution through the prism of the smart regulation concept. The authors analyze the problems of regulating higher education in the Russian Federation. A university should now combine such areas as education,…

Enthused by the invitation to bring narrative and autoethnographic data to engage critically (with) key global education policy issues, I present a rather unconventional way of scholarly writing, in which there is neither a showcase of a generic formulaic academic article nor an exclusive report of a specific research study. Instead, anchored in…

In this article, the authors describe how their center for teaching and learning employs multiple approaches to recognize the teaching efforts of instructors. Specifically, they discuss their Thank an Instructor initiative, teaching spotlights, pathway program recognitions, and instructor share outs. Authors explain why and how they implemented…

Faculty of the Year and Faculty of the Month are common ways to recognize individual contributions in areas such as service, attitude, or knowledge. While selecting a single Faculty of the Year is a prestigious honor typically reserved for one individual, there is no reason that multiple qualified recipients cannot be recognized every year.…

This study, conducted as part of an unfunded research project, presents the findings of an empirical investigation aimed at developing a comprehensive framework of key competencies for heads of academic departments. The framework is designed to support both the preparation of academics for leadership roles and the ongoing development and…

The impact of academic inbreeding on research productivity remains unclear. This study examines a critical yet often overlooked distinction: How the link between inbreeding and publication activity differs when academics' primary focus is teaching versus research. Focusing on highly productive Russian PhD holders, our findings reveal a complex…

Faculty members should consider immersing themselves into the workforce as a means of faculty development so they can observe first-hand the challenges facing their profession. This article illustrates an example of a business faculty internship and the positive impact it had on the faculty, students, employer, and curriculum. A faculty internship…

Research has shown that critical data literacies development for educators is seldom a core component of most campus conversations about datafication, even as extractive, datafied systems become pervasive throughout the higher education sector. This article outlines findings from an international, qualitative, Comparative Case Study (CCS) of…

Professional industry experience can be a benefit to kinesiology and sport management faculty members' pedagogy. Staying abreast of changes in the industry through direct experience can inform faculty and directly influence the quality of classroom instruction. This essay asserts that one way a sport management faculty member at collegiate…

Workload management for academics within higher education settings has been and continues to be heavily contested and cited by some as a challenge that has proved impossible to satisfactorily decipher. This is especially problematic within postgraduate contexts where academics have multilayered roles and responsibilities that include teaching,…

In this article, the authors identify key competencies for the growth of academics within the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework and offer straightforward solutions for creating more effective, sustainable faculty development initiatives. The recommended strategies aim to help institutions enhance academic engagement with…

Early-career faculty have the daunting task of navigating the intersection of teaching, research, and service. Early-career faculty development can play a crucial role in supporting the professional development of tenure-seeking faculty. While these programs may introduce and support new faculty to the expectations of their academic roles, limited…

This article cites the challenge of faculty disengagement as a "wicked problem" that must be addressed by faculty developers and faculty development centers in concrete, flexible, and responsive ways. The authors offer a program structure that has worked for their center, consider its impact, and provide recommendations for how a similar…

To face the challenges that beset land-grant universities in the 21st Century, leadership development programs exist to prepare academics for university administration. However, a small percentage of administrators participates in these programs. Furthermore, many academic leaders begin their roles feeling unprepared for the challenges therein.…