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Coppes, Wessel; Berkers, Pauwke – International Journal of Music Education, 2023
There has been a steady increase in popular music programs at Higher Music Education Institutions (HMEIs) across Europe. However, what students actually are supposed to learn at popular music bachelor/master programs has remained largely understudied. Based on 12 in-depth interviews with leaders in higher popular music education, this paper…
Descriptors: Program Development, Music Education, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
Sibanda, Nkululeko – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2020
In this account, I engage how Midlands State University through its Film and Theatre Arts Studies programme responded and continues to respond to the neoliberalisation of higher and tertiary education in Zimbabwe. I argue that while the splicing of Film and Theatre Arts into a single programme was beneficial to the institution, the packaging of…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Competition, Commercialization, Theater Arts
King, Sherria N. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
There has been a significant amount of research on the impact of stress and job satisfaction amongst employees in a multitude of professional settings, including the criminal justice and higher education field. Yet, information on criminal justice professionals who work in more untraditional types of higher education institutions, such as career…
Descriptors: Law Enforcement, Department Heads, Stress Variables, Job Satisfaction
McKay, Heather; Haviland, Sara; Michael, Suzanne – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2020
The Multistate Longitudinal Data Exchange (MLDE) facilitates data sharing between states from K-12 education, higher education, and labor agencies. Its goal is to provide practitioners, policymakers, and researchers with a comprehensive data source to understand educational and career trajectories, including how these trajectories can cross state…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Longitudinal Studies, State Universities, State Agencies
Fischer, Johann – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The underlying methodological approach of the CEFR is defined as being "action-oriented" and task-based (Council of Europe. 2001. "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge University Press: 9), although it explicitly leaves room for a variety of approaches, since the CEFR…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales, Guidelines
Powell, Gwynn M.; James, Joy; Johnson, Corey W. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2013
No major change in thought or action occurs without mistakes, casualties and growth. This article is designed to examine the implementation of integrated curriculum design from a more critical perspective. While the integrated curriculum innovators were confident about the design and their process, not all of their colleagues were interested in…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, College Faculty
Moffat, Wendy – ADE Bulletin, 2001
Describes the author's department goals with three main principles: to build departmental community, to harness rather than dissipate energy, and to address multiple audiences simultaneously. Discusses how she communicates to the college as a whole what the department does well and finds ways in which caring for the department's interests might…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Audience Awareness, Department Heads, English Departments

Waldinger, Renee – ADFL Bulletin, 1994
The department chair's responsibilities for program planning and development are discussed, embracing three broad areas: conception and development of new projects, application and inclusion of projects in the department's course of study, and cultivation of agreement and support within the wider college community. (LB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, Departments, Higher Education
Knapp, James F. – ADE Bulletin, 2001
Honors Phil Smith for his outstanding contribution to the English profession. Notes that as chair of his department, Phil Smith understood the social complexity of the organization he administered, and his example is particularly instructive when it reveals the thoughtfulness with which he addressed the issue of work for all his colleagues. (SG)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, English Departments, Higher Education
Bialostosky, Don – ADE Bulletin, 2001
Considers how Phil Smith has given much thought in his own department, and in the national deliberations, to the staffing crisis in English departments, and he has done so with attention to the highest values and to the needs of all, from undergraduate students in the general education courses to part-timers to tenure-track and tenured faculty…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, Employment Practices, English Departments
Peeples, Timothy; Rominski, Paula; Strickland, Michael – Composition Studies, 2007
In this article, the authors use two sets of terms--"chronos/kairos" and strategy/tactic--to frame the way they tell the story or the "case" of Professional Writing and Rhetoric's (PWR's) developing identity at Elon University. In doing so, they offer to the readers a framework for identity development that is portable across contexts. The authors…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Program Development, Higher Education, College English
Journet, Debra – ADE Bulletin, 2001
Tells what has happened the last two years at the University of Louisville's English department. Presents a brief explanation of why the University of Louisville's English department decided to redefine their mission--moving all professorial faculty into first-year composition. Offers some general comments about what the author has learned as a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Department Heads, English Departments, Freshman Composition
Loftis, John E. – ADE Bulletin, 1995
Describes how English department chairs might successfully order and structure their departments. Analyzes two central characteristics of English departments as political entities: purpose and values. Lists several observations about departmental organization. (HB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Democracy, Department Heads, English Curriculum
Ridley, Jack B. – 1984
This book records highlights of the development of electrical engineering education at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR), first known as the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (MSM). Chapter I focuses on the formative years (1871-1924), discussing the first course of study in electricity, expansion of the electrical…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Department Heads, Departments
Whitmore, Jon, Ed. – 1988
Based on a workshop for theatre department chairs, guidance on administrative and departmental responsibilities are provided in the following chapters: (1) "Chairs and Deans: Working Together" (J. Robert Wills); (2) "Faculty Evaluation" (Patti P. Gillespie); (3) "Evaluation for Promotion and Tenure" (James M. Symons); (4) "Production Program…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting, College Curriculum, College Faculty