Book contents
- Administratively Adrift
- Administratively Adrift
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Gap between the Student Experience and University Operations
- Chapter 2 Generation Z and the Traditional University
- Chapter 3 University Tradition and Conformity: Insights and Persistence
- Chapter 4 Faculty Influence and Influences on Faculty
- Chapter 5 The Evolution of the Student Affairs Profession and the Ethos of Specialization
- Chapter 6 Decision-Making, Governance, and the Distribution of Power: Implications for the Student Experience
- Chapter 7 Lost among the Silos: Students and Information Systems
- Chapter 8 Pinch Points and More: Insights from the Student’s Perspective
- Chapter 9 Reinventing the Student Experience: A Case Study
- Chapter 10 Administratively Aligned: A Blueprint for a More Supportive and Holistic Learning Experience
- References
- Index
Chapter 4 - Faculty Influence and Influences on Faculty
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2022
- Administratively Adrift
- Administratively Adrift
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Gap between the Student Experience and University Operations
- Chapter 2 Generation Z and the Traditional University
- Chapter 3 University Tradition and Conformity: Insights and Persistence
- Chapter 4 Faculty Influence and Influences on Faculty
- Chapter 5 The Evolution of the Student Affairs Profession and the Ethos of Specialization
- Chapter 6 Decision-Making, Governance, and the Distribution of Power: Implications for the Student Experience
- Chapter 7 Lost among the Silos: Students and Information Systems
- Chapter 8 Pinch Points and More: Insights from the Student’s Perspective
- Chapter 9 Reinventing the Student Experience: A Case Study
- Chapter 10 Administratively Aligned: A Blueprint for a More Supportive and Holistic Learning Experience
- References
- Index
Summary
Faculty power within American universities is supported by tradition and reinforced by academic associations organized by field at national and regional levels. Those associations help maintain high academic standards in a field, encourage communication about research, acculturate graduate students and junior faculty, and contribute to the hiring process. They also may serve as guardrails encouraging research in core interests of the field, a barrier circumvented by the proliferation of research centers and institutes that can cross department lines. Academic associations typically pay little attention to the student experience. Periodic accreditation reviews are one of the few opportunities to evaluate universities on support to students, but still, generally miss detailed information on whether student needs are being met. Students and society, benefit from the creative energy of the faculty and their generation and transmission of knowledge. Mechanisms to foster greater faculty involvement around the student experience are encouraged.
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- Administratively AdriftOvercoming Institutional Barriers for College Student Success, pp. 80 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022