academic role

Understanding the Role of Academic and Student Affairs Collaboration in Creating a Successful Learning Environment: New Directions for Higher Education (J-B HE Single Issue Higher Education)
$29.00
The topic of collaboration between academic and student affairs is now more important than ever if colleges and universities are to create seamless learning environments and educate students for the new collaborative work context. Institutions face the challenge of showing students by their own behavior that they are committed to collaboration, while still acknowledging that partnerships can be messy, that they can take more time, and that they can be frustrating. This volume examines authentic models of collaboration that will help to develop successful student leaders for the new century. It reviews the results of a national study on academic and student affairs collaborations and provides organizational models and facilitators of change as well as examples of facilitative strategies in action. With research and actual applications in the field, this volume is a significant resource for institutions seeking to foster successful collaborative relationships between academic and student affairs. This is the 116th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Higher Education.

First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer
$25.00
The first full-length study devoted to examining new roles and responsibilities of the chief academic officer?now more often called vice president for academic affairs or provost than the traditional academic dean?First Among Equals addresses the need for vision and leadership by these individuals in an increasingly complex higher education environment. Contributors to this landmark volume?all present or former chief academic officers?conclude that the most effective leaders combine high levels of managerial acumen with professional scholarship while challenging their institutions to provide effective programs for complex and demanding constituencies. Each chapter of First Among Equals explores a different aspect of the chief academic officer's primary responsibilities, including relations with the president and the board, academic governance, curriculum development, new instructional technologies, enrollment management, legal affairs, and faculty development, among others. As higher education institutions compete to unprecedented degrees for the brightest students and the most accomplished faculty, First Among Equals provides much needed guidance for those who occupy or aspire to this position, both in understanding its expanding number of tasks and becoming expert at performing them. Contributors: Roy A. Austenson, Michael Baer, James Coffman, Mark Edelstein, Michael Gallagher, Alice B. Hayes, Ruth Larimer, Georgia Lesh-Laurie, Paula Hooper Mayhew, James Martin, James E. Samels, Peter Stace, Jon Strolle.

The Changing Role of Academic Law Librarianship: Leading Librarians on Teaching Legal Research Skills, Responding to Emerging Technologies, and Adapting to Changing Trends (Inside the Minds)
$40.00
The Changing Role of Academic Law Librarianship is an authoritative, insider's perspective on key strategies for understanding and navigating the current trends in law school librarianship. Featuring library directors and managers representing some of the nation's top law schools, these experts guide the reader through the history of law school librarianship and outline major elements of the librarian's role today, including monitoring budgets, allocating resources, harnessing new technologies, and enhancing research education. These top librarians give tips on addressing some of the challenges inherent in a changing landscape, such as improving interlibrary loan services, cultivating modern pedagogy, and evaluating titles and volume counts. Additionally, these leaders give tips on stimulating student legal research skills, digitizing rare materials in collections, marketing, and communicating services, and maximizing the librarian's managerial role. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside the minds of some of the leading information managers of today, as these experienced law school librarians offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating an ever-evolving profession. Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: 1. Paul D. Callister, Director, Leon E. Bloch Library and Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law "Seeing the "Whole Elephant": A new model for Law School Libraries" 2. Michelle M. Wu, Interim Senior Vice Dean, Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law "Evolving Expectations for Law School Librarians" 3. Philip C. Berwick, Associate Dean, Information Resources, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law "A New Law School Library and a New Role for Librarians" 4. Nancy L. Strohmeyer, Associate Director and Head of Public Services and Associate Professor of Law, Barry University School of Law Library "Skills and Concerns of Future and Continuing Academic Law Librarians" 5. Roy M. Mersky, Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law and Director of Research, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Jamail Center for Legal Research, Tarlton Law Library "Adapting to New Technologies and Managerial Demands" 6. Joan Shear, Legal Information Librarian and Lecturer in Law, Boston College Law Library "The Librarian as Educator: Teaching Essential Research Skills" 7. Christopher L. Steadham, JD, MLIM, Faculty Services and Research Librarian, University of Kansas School of Law, Wheat Law Library "The Greatest Challenges for Today's Law School Librarians" 8. Carol A. Parker, Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law "The Impact of New Technology on Librarianship" 9. Olivia Leigh Weeks, Director of the Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law, Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law "We are in the Business of Service: Serving Students and Faculty in an Academic Law Library"

Text, Role and Context: Developing Academic Literacies (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)
$32.00
This volume explores fundamental issues relating to student literacies and instructor roles and practices within academic contexts. After presenting a brief history of literacy theories, the author argues for "socioliterate" approaches to teaching and learning in which texts are viewed as primarily socially-constructed. Central to socioliteracy are two concepts, "genre" and "discourse community," each of which is presented in some detail. The author then argues for roles for literacy practitioners in which they and their students conduct research and are involved in joint pedagogical endeavors with faculty and students. The final chapters are devoted to outlining how the views presented can be applied to a variety of classroom texts. Core curricular design principles are outlined, and three types of portfolio-based academic literacy classrooms are described.