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Chameleons and Kungas: The Perceptions and Experiences of Military Veteran Faculty Members in Their Transitions to Academic Service
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Jason Todd Harris – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite copious research discussing student veterans, minimal literature addresses military veteran faculty members. To address the gap, this study used qualitative interviews to describe the perceptions and experiences of military veterans (N = 12) who successfully transitioned into faculty roles within U.S. postsecondary institutions. A…
Descriptors: Veterans, Faculty, Midlife Transitions, Teacher Attitudes
Changing Racial Attitudes of Library Managers through a Short-Term Online Antiracism Training
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Samantha Hines – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Librarianship as a profession in America is 88% white, according to the Diversity Counts survey conducted by the American Library Association in 2009 (ALA, 2012). The United States' White and not Hispanic/Latinx population is 60.7% according to 2017 Census estimates (United States Census Bureau). The fundamental unfairness of this power dynamic…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Personnel, Personnel Selection, Personnel Integration
Is the Academic Freedom of Foreign-Born Professors in U.S. Universities under Attack? A Qualitative Investigation into the Experiences of Arab-Born and Non-Arab Professors Who Teach and Conduct Research about Middle East Issues
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Khulod S. Wahboubadr – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In this study, academic freedom was defined by 17 foreign-born professors: 12 Arab-born and five non-Arab professors from nine different higher education institutions, as the ability to express different ideas, research any topic, and publish the results without fear of intimidation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to examine how…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Arabs, Middle Eastern Studies, Diversity (Faculty)