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Scholarship July 3, 2025

To Improve the Academy, vol 17

The Wabash Center

Author
Kaplan, Matthew and Lieberman, Devorah, eds
Publisher
To Improve the Academy 17 (Professional and Organizational Development Network, New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK 1998)
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction

Section I: Changing Roles for Faculty Developers
ch. 1 Divining the Future of Faculty Development: Five Hopeful Signs and One Caveat (Marilla D. Svinicki)
ch. 2 Becoming a Multicultural Faculty Developer: Reflections from the Field (Diana Kardia)
ch. 3 Holistic Faculty Development: Supporting Personal, Professional, and Organizational Well-Being (Glenda T. Hubbard, Sally S. Atkins, and Kathleen T. Brinko)
ch. 4 Supporting Faculty Development in an Era of Change (Carol Fulton and Barbara L. Licklider)

Section II: Working with Faculty at Different Career Stages
ch. 5 Developments in Initial Training and Certification of University Teachers in the UK: Implications for the US (Graham Gibbs)
ch. 6 Academic Morphing: Teaching Assistant to Faculty Member (Kathleen S. Smith and Patricia L. Kalivoda)
ch. 7 Statements of Teaching Philosophy (Gail E. Goodyear and Douglas Allchin)
ch. 8 Implications of the Nature of "Expertise" for Teaching and Faculty Development (Richard G. Tiberius, Ronald A. Smith and Zohar Waisman)

Section III: Fostering Organizational Change and Development
ch. 9 The Role of Educational Developers in Institutional Change: From the Basement Office to the Front Office (Nancy Van Note Chism)
ch. 10 Faculty Developers as Change Agents: Transforming Colleges and Universities into Learning Organizations (Sondra K. Patrick and James J. Fletcher)
ch. 11 Planning Multicultural Organizational Audits in Higher Education (Planning Multicultural Organizational Audits in Higher Education)
ch. 12 A Case Study in Getting Faculty to Change (Joan K. Middendorf)
ch. 13 Adopting a Strategic Approach to Managing Change in Learning and Teaching (Brenda Smith)

Section IV: Reexamining Approaches to Instruction and Instructional Development
ch. 14 Using the SGID Method for a Variety of Purposes (Beverly Black)
ch. 15 Faculty Development in Technology Applications to University Teaching: An Evaluation (Margie K. Kitano, Bernard J. Dodge, Patrick J. Harrison, and Rena B. Lewis)
ch. 16 Minimizing Error When Developing Questionnaires (Terrie Nolinske)
ch. 17 Teaching Large Classes: Unpacking the Problems and Responding Creatively (Elisa Carbone and James Greenberg)
ch. 18 An O.P.E.N. Approach to Learning (Keith Kelly and Roberta C. Teahen)
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