The American Professoriate: A Faculty Perspective

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This course will examine contemporary faculty issues in post-secondary institutions from the perspective of a faculty member. The course includes an assessment of the current status of faculty in the United States, faculty workloads, performance reviews, and structuring professional development activities and special topics. Toward this end, the professoriate will be explored to include: 1) current conditions of the professoriate, 2) academic careers and the stages of an academic, 3) faculty culture, including academic freedom and tenure, 4) faculty work, 5) health professions faculty, and 6) special topics selected on the basis of the students' need and interest assessment.