The promotion and tenure process for faculty members varies, by design, for different disciplines, departments, and academic institutions. For many faculty members in U.S. dental schools, the process may thus appear nebulous and be difficult to navigate. In this article, we review the history, forces of change, and some of the mechanisms utilized for promotion and tenure of faculty in the healt...

Learning to read is a crucial component of early education. Theorists have found strong connection between reading skills and the level academic professional success enjoyed by an individual. The way individual learns achieving success; therefore, methods used teach need be effective for optimal success. A substantial body research demonstrates that literacy fundamental in formal education syst...

Background. Occupational therapy (OT) academic educators are vital in building the workforce and advancing profession. With retirement of senior faculty, hiring new OT faculty members have increased. There also been changes national global policy guidelines education. These brought forth a compelling need to examine profile Filipino educators. To this date, there has no formal analysis Philippi...

Received: June 31, 2017 Revised: August 14, 2017 Accepted: September 14, 2017 Abstract: Background: School and family interactions that include a focus on students from all backgrounds and ability levels are crucial for promoting students’ social, academic, and behavioral success. Specifically, it is important that educators and other stakeholders focus on developing effective interactions with...

Family medicine educators today face vast challenges. Clinical demands and the lack of specific revenue streams for our educational mission are among the many threats to the commitment of our faculty to keep education in its rightful place of honor and value within our academic institutions. To preserve our historic and critical mission, it is imperative that we find ways to rekindle the passio...

This article focuses primarily on Ontario, identifying a number of the profession's allies and their advocacy effectiveness, under two main headings: The Ontario Chiropractic Association; and the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College during the period of 1902 to 2012. While part of our success in gaining recognition has been attributed to intense lobbying by the profession, here the public sup...

The paper tries to answer the question--to what extent the English Language Teaching theory informs the ELT practice in a reflective case study. It argues that even if it is challenging considering what is beyond the theory in practical use of theory, yet if teacher educators in the field of ELT have a solid academic foundation, they will have the responsibility and capacity to challenge the th...

Stereotype threat, the fear of failing in a way that reinforces derogatory stereotypes of one’s social group, undermines performance in school, sports and the workplace. Recently researchers have developed a more sophisticated understanding of how such anxiety arises, how to combat it and how to prevent it from occurring in the first place. Relatively simple and brief confidence-boosting exerci...

Academic dishonesty, whether intentional cheating or plagiarism, or unintentional sharing of work or confusion about referencing, is nothing new to the college environment but is especially disturbing within nursing. The integrity of the nursing profession may, in fact, be jeopardized as students with the habit of cheating graduate and enter the field. This article discusses how educators, stud...