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Scholarship July 3, 2025

To Improve the Academy, vol 18

The Wabash Center

Author
Kaplan, Matthew and Lieberman, Devorah, eds
Publisher
To Improve the Academy 18 (Professional and Organizational Development Network, New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK 2000)
ISBN
1882982312
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction

Section I: Organizational Change in the Academy and in POD
ch. 1 Diversity and Its Discontents: Rays of Light in the Faculty Development Movement for Faculty of Color
ch. 2 The Challenge and Test of Our Values: An Essay of Collective Experience
ch. 3 On the Path: POD as a Multicultural Organization
ch. 4 The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A National Initiative
ch. 5 QILT: An Approach to Faculty Development and Institutional Self-Improvement
ch. 6 Finding Key Faculty to Influence Change

Section II: Collaboration and Partnerships
ch. 7. Student Collaboration in Faculty Development: Connecting Directly to the Learning Revolution
ch. 8 Transforming Introductory Psychology: Trading Ownership for Student Success
ch. 9 TEACHnology: Linking Teaching and Technology in Faculty Development
ch. 10 From Transparency toward Expertise: Writing-Across-the-Curriculum as a Site for New Collaborations in Organizational, Faculty, and Instructional Development
ch. 11 Faculty Teaching Partners and Associates: Engaging Faculty as Leaders in Instructional Development
ch. 12 Creating a Culture of Formative Assessment: The Teaching Excellence and Assessment Partnership Project

Section III: Examining Assumptions About Teaching and Faculty Development
ch. 13 Fragmentation Versus Integration of Faculty Work
ch. 14 Getting Lecturers to Take Discussion Seriously
ch. 15 "It's Hard Work!": Faculty Development in a Program for First-Year Students
ch. 16 The Influence of Disciplinary Differences on Consultations with Faculty
ch. 17 Faculty Development Centers in Research Universities: A Study of Resources and Programs
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