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Framed in the context of a world in which academic freedom is often
jeopardized, or criticized by outside social forces, Academic
Freedom: Autonomy, Challenges and Conformation sets out to echo the
voices of faculty who have encountered challenges to academic
freedom within their personal and professional careers. Including
chapters which range from showcasing specific experiences within
particular disciplines, to providing broad historical or
philosophical perspectives, this edited collection provides an
authentic account of how academic freedom has helped and hindered
the academic profession, scholarship, and teaching. Revealing
one-on-one interactions which shed light on the views of individual
educators, this book shifts focus onto the day-to-day ramifications
of limited academic freedom. Faculty members recollect occasions
where they have experienced a challenge to their ability to
exchange ideas and concepts freely in the classroom, to explore and
disseminate new knowledge, and to speak professionally and
privately on topics in their field of expertise without being under
duress. Offering up a finely curated collection of chapters,
editors Ceglie and Thompson allow readers to understand the dynamic
between academic freedom and professional responsibilities, and
also open up an opportunity to discuss challenges to academic
freedom and the potential loss of autonomy in higher education in
the United States and beyond.
Today's Chief Diversity Officers face tremendous challenges. Among
those are threats to Affirmative Action admissions and financial
aid programs, the dearth of faculty and staff of color in
Predominantly White Institutions, the scarcity of funds to carry
out institutional diversity mandates, and the need to play mentor
to a vast array of individuals--faculty, staff, students and
community stakeholders--with minimum staff support. This book
addresses how these and other challenges are tackled by providing
valuable insight into the innovative work that Chief Diversity
Officers perform. It provides insightful accounts into the
diversity program successes and promising practices by diversity
officers working on college and university campuses in the United
States. Contributors draw upon their experiences as educators
working to sustain diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism, and
social justice on college campuses and describe how they have
designed successful diversity and inclusive excellence initiatives
which had a profound positive impact on all demographic
populations.
This book provides a discussion of women faculty members'
experiences on college and university campuses and examines their
thoughts, perceptions, responsibilities, and status in the academy.
Most specifically, this book explores the differences between male
and women faculty in the academy; women faculty insight into
teaching, research and service; how women faculty perceive their
work environment; and the stress of faculty evaluation regarding
tenure and promotion, and sharing of success stories and lessons
learned. The author's intentions is to share authentic narratives
of women faculty members, in their own voices. The voices that are
selected for this book are from different disciplines; some
participants are junior faculty while others are senior faculty.
All of the participants share their eyewitness accounts of how they
successfully navigated the road to the professorate. This
discussion is critical at this junction in the history of higher
education pertaining to gender equity. Women counterpart to male
faculty members provide a very visible and meaningful role on
campuses. with all of the positive roles that women faculty play on
campuses, women faculty report that they are still experiencing, to
some degree, less satisfaction and greater challenges than their
male counterparts in many aspects of their profession.
Exploring Campus Diversity: Case Studies and Exercises explores the
realistic chain of events that happens on college and university
campuses across the United States that involve issues of diversity
and campus climate. Many of the real-life scenarios presented in
the book are taken from actual events on university and college
campuses. A full array of learning exercises is associated with
each of the case studies, and problem-solving questions are
presented to stimulate understanding of the situations and how they
relate using thoughtful, critical, and reflective reasoning.
Specifically, Exploring Campus Diversity examines diversity
dilemmas pertaining to the challenges of expanding diversity and
equity on American campuses. Experts from across the nation proffer
problem-solving questions that are included at the end of each case
study to guide the reader in ways of thinking about the diversity
scenarios and deciding on appropriate ways to understand and
recommend action to take in addressing the potential problem. Each
case study offers examples of a possible challenge that a college
or university might encounter in trying to deal with diversity,
campus climate issues, or problematic policies. This book pushes
the reader beyond the theoretical to the practical application of
diversity principles in their everyday lives.
Exploring Campus Diversity: Case Studies and Exercises explores the
realistic chain of events that happens on college and university
campuses across the United States that involve issues of diversity
and campus climate. Many of the real-life scenarios presented in
the book are taken from actual events on university and college
campuses. A full array of learning exercises is associated with
each of the case studies, and problem-solving questions are
presented to stimulate understanding of the situations and how they
relate using thoughtful, critical, and reflective reasoning.
Specifically, Exploring Campus Diversity examines diversity
dilemmas pertaining to the challenges of expanding diversity and
equity on American campuses. Experts from across the nation proffer
problem-solving questions that are included at the end of each case
study to guide the reader in ways of thinking about the diversity
scenarios and deciding on appropriate ways to understand and
recommend action to take in addressing the potential problem. Each
case study offers examples of a possible challenge that a college
or university might encounter in trying to deal with diversity,
campus climate issues, or problematic policies. This book pushes
the reader beyond the theoretical to the practical application of
diversity principles in their everyday lives.
This book provides a discussion of women faculty members'
experiences on college and university campuses and examines their
thoughts, perceptions, responsibilities, and status in the academy.
Most specifically, this book explores the differences between male
and women faculty in the academy; women faculty insight into
teaching, research and service; how women faculty perceive their
work environment; and the stress of faculty evaluation regarding
tenure and promotion, and sharing of success stories and lessons
learned. The author's intentions is to share authentic narratives
of women faculty members, in their own voices. The voices that are
selected for this book are from different disciplines; some
participants are junior faculty while others are senior faculty.
All of the participants share their eyewitness accounts of how they
successfully navigated the road to the professorate. This
discussion is critical at this junction in the history of higher
education pertaining to gender equity. Women counterpart to male
faculty members provide a very visible and meaningful role on
campuses. with all of the positive roles that women faculty play on
campuses, women faculty report that they are still experiencing, to
some degree, less satisfaction and greater challenges than their
male counterparts in many aspects of their profession.
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