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Forty Years in the Academic Trenches; How Change Came to an American University

Frank H. Heppner

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Description:Following his retirement after forty years as a biology professor at the University of Rhode Island, in his old office, Frank Heppner found 16 packed file drawers of university documents and correspondence dating back to 1969. When arranged chronologically, these documents revealed stories that explained many of the massive changes that his college had experienced. These changes touched every aspect of university life, including admissions, budgets, department and college organization, tenure procedures, value to faculty of seeking outside funds, roles of administrators vs. faculty, value of out-of-state admissions, increased busywork due to increased bureaucracy, encroachment of outside societal concerns on traditional mission of universities, mandated but unfunded activities, generational changes in students, computers, internet, devices and phones, and traditional vs. electronic teaching. Heppner looks at the effects these changes have had on his and similar institutions, and discusses what might be next.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Forty Years in the Academic Trenches; How Change Came to an American University. To get started finding Forty Years in the Academic Trenches; How Change Came to an American University, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 149

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ornis Press

Release: 2020

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Description: Following his retirement after forty years as a biology professor at the University of Rhode Island, in his old office, Frank Heppner found 16 packed file drawers of university documents and correspondence dating back to 1969. When arranged chronologically, these documents revealed stories that explained many of the massive changes that his college had experienced. These changes touched every aspect of university life, including admissions, budgets, department and college organization, tenure procedures, value to faculty of seeking outside funds, roles of administrators vs. faculty, value of out-of-state admissions, increased busywork due to increased bureaucracy, encroachment of outside societal concerns on traditional mission of universities, mandated but unfunded activities, generational changes in students, computers, internet, devices and phones, and traditional vs. electronic teaching. Heppner looks at the effects these changes have had on his and similar institutions, and discusses what might be next.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Forty Years in the Academic Trenches; How Change Came to an American University. To get started finding Forty Years in the Academic Trenches; How Change Came to an American University, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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