faculty Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/faculty/ A Blog by ACE Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:18:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png faculty Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/faculty/ 32 32 New Report Sheds Light on College Faculty and Staff Mental Health https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/10/28/new-report-sheds-light-on-college-faculty-and-staff-mental-health/ Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:18:32 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28904 Title: The Healthy Minds Study: 2023-2024 Faculty and Staff Report Authors: Daniel Eisenberg, Sarah Ketchen Lipson, Justin Heinze, and Sasha Zhou Source: The Healthy Minds Network The Healthy Minds Study’s Faculty/Staff Survey, since it piloted in 2021, has helped institutions understand their employees’ mental health and perceived ability to help students with mental health concerns. The 2023-24 survey results are based ...

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]]> How Institutions Can Bridge the Gap Between What Students and Faculty Think About Digital Learning https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/08/03/how-institutions-can-bridge-the-gap-between-what-students-and-faculty-think-about-digital-learning/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:45:44 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17991 Title: Time for Class 2023: Bridging Student and Faculty Perspectives on Digital Learning Authors: Catherine Shaw, Ria Bharadwaj, Louis NeJame, Sterling Martin, Natasha Janson, and Kristen Fox Source: Tyton Partners After the shift to online learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic, digital learning has become an integral part of the higher education ecosystem. A new report by Tyton Partners highlights the ...

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]]> Effective Strategies for Combating Faculty Burnout https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/05/18/effective-strategies-for-combating-faculty-burnout/ Thu, 18 May 2023 19:27:14 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17939 In 2023, with pandemic mandates and lockdowns long gone, faculty burnout remains at an all-time high. CUPA-HR data point to growing workplace dissatisfaction in higher education, and a new Inside Higher Ed analysis finds that close to half of presidents indicate they are very aware of their faculty and staff’s mental health. Burnout is a general term, with a variety of ...

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]]> Brief Overview of U.S. Faculty Hiring Trends https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/05/01/brief-overview-of-u-s-faculty-hiring-trends/ Mon, 01 May 2023 16:16:02 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17931 Title: Data Snapshot: Tenure and Contingency in US Higher Education Author: Glenn Colby Source: American Association of University Professors The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released a report highlighting tenure and non-tenure employment patterns among faculty members across the United States. The report utilized data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS), and National Study ...

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]]> Report Looks at Quality of Work/Life for Adjunct Faculty https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/04/04/report-looks-at-quality-of-work-life-for-adjunct-faculty/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:01:08 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17776 Title: An Army of Temps: AFT Adjunct Faculty Quality of Work/Life Report Source: American Federation of Teachers The challenges facing adjunct faculty in higher education are well-documented, particularly as adjunct labor plays an important role in course instruction and student advising. A February 2022 report by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) provides an update to a 2020 report examining the ...

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]]> Second Report in Series Offers Insights on Student and Faculty Perceptions of Instruction During the Pandemic https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/03/11/second-report-in-series-offers-insights-on-student-and-faculty-perceptions-of-instruction-during-the-pandemic/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:27:08 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17764 Title: Flexible and Adaptable: Teaching and Learning in A Year of Disruption Source: NSSE NSSE has released the second of three anticipated reports from 2021 survey data, presenting findings on the pandemic’s impact on student engagement, teaching, and learning. Combing data from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE), findings from the second ...

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]]> Three ACE Member Institutions Recognized for Efforts to Support Non-tenure-track Faculty https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/01/14/three-ace-member-institutions-recognized-for-efforts-to-support-non-tenure-track-faculty/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:11:00 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17728 The University of Southern California’s Pullias Center for Higher Education recently recognized the University of Denver and Worchester Polytechnic Institute—both ACE member institutions—as the recipients of the 2021 Delphi Award. Given in partnership with the Association for American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), the Delphi Award recognizes institutions for “their work to support adjunct contingent, and/or non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) in promoting student ...

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]]> Declines in Faculty Diversity During the Great Recession: Lessons for Faculty Hiring During COVID-19 and Other Crises https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/10/27/lessons-faculty-hiring-during-crises/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:53:00 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17698 Title: Crisis and Uncertainty: Did the Great Recession Reduce the Diversity of New Faculty?  Authors: Kwan Woo Kim, Alexandra Kalev, Frank Dobbin, and Gal Deutsch Source: Sociological Science A recently published article offers insights on how times of crisis impact faculty diversity related to gender, but in particular race and ethnicity. Examining IPEDS data from over 1,100 U.S. public and private institutions, the authors ...

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]]> New CUPA-HR Report Shows Decreases in Higher Ed Staff Workforce During COVID-19 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/07/02/new-cupa-hr-report-shows-decreases-higher-ed-staff-workforce-covid-19/ Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:53:00 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17615 Title: 2021 Staff in Higher Education Annual Report Source: CUPA-HR Authors: Sarah Nadel-Hawthorne, Melissa Fuesting, Anthony Schmidt, and Jacqueline Bichsel URL: https://www.cupahr.org/surveys/staff-in-higher-education/ CUPA-HR recently released results from its annual report on staff in higher education. The report includes key data on staff demographics, trends in salaries, and changes to the workforce over the first year of the pandemic. Key findings from the report include: The higher education ...

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]]> Strategies in Improving Support For Graduate Student Mental Health and Well-Being https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/05/12/strategies-improving-support-graduate-student-mental-health-well/ Wed, 12 May 2021 20:47:57 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17516 Title: Supporting Graduate Student Mental Health and Well-being Evidence-Informed Recommendations For The Graduate Community Author: Council of Graduate Schools and the Jed Foundation The Council of Graduate Schools and the Jed Foundation released a new report that highlights current graduate student mental health and well-being needs. The report provides key evidence-informed recommendations to improve graduate student mental health and well-being for the ...

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]]> Highlights from CUPA-HR 2021 Administrators in Higher Education Annual Report https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/05/12/highlights-cupa-hr-2021-administrators-higher-education-annual-report/ Wed, 12 May 2021 19:05:31 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17514 Source: CUPA-HR Authors: Jacqueline Bichsel, Sarah Nadel-Hawthorne, Melissa Fuesting, and Anthony Schmidt Recently, CUPA-HR released the results of a survey that includes 47,985 administrators in 202 positions in higher education institutions. The survey captured the voices of senior administrators from a total of 1,053 institutions. The key findings of the report include: The overall median annual salary for administrators increased only 0.36 percent between 2019-20 and ...

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]]> A Look Into Increasing Faculty Diversity https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/05/10/look-increasing-faculty-diversity/ Mon, 10 May 2021 17:18:10 +0000 https://higheredtoday.wpengine.com/?p=17511 Title: Now Is the Time to Focus on Faculty Diversity Authors: Hannah Bartlebaugh, Ansley Abraham Faculty diversity is an ongoing topic of conversation and issue in higher education. According to the report from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), nearly 33 percent of undergraduate students are Black or Hispanic, yet only 9.5 percent of faculty identify with these groups. This report provides recommendations towards increasing and improving faculty diversity ...

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