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Junior faculty core curriculum to enhance faculty development

INTRODUCTION Senior Instructors and Assistant Professors in their first academic appointment may not have all the tools for an efficient start to their careers. Although many institutions provide access to mentoring programs and seminars on faculty development, the timing and format of the offerings often conflict with ongoing responsibilities of the faculty, particularly clinical faculty. ME...

Examining Faculty Motivation to Participate in Faculty Development

In response to demands for public accountability and improved teaching and learning, institutions are recognizing the need to strengthen their faculty development programs. Central to strengthening faculty development programs is increasing faculty participation in these programs. This mixed-method study examined the motivation of full and part-time faculty to seek development, obstacles to att...

Game Theory Honoring Abraham Neyman's Scientific Achievements:

Eilon Solan (Tel-Aviv University) Stopping Games with Termination Rates Multiplayer stopping game with termination rates are continuous-time stopping games in which when some players stop at the time interval [t,t+dt), the game does not terminate with probability 1, but rather stops with some probability, which is of the order of dt and may depend on time and on the set of players who stop at t...

Faculty-Faculty Interactions in Online Learning Environments

Past research has shown that peer support helps improve faculty activities such as research, teaching, and technology competencies. Using a mixed research method design, this research study investigated resources available to faculty as they teach or prepare to teach online courses at a large Midwest public university. In addition, the study explored the nature of peer interactions that existed...