Book description
Since the first edition was published, the dynamics of higher education
and faculty development have greatly changed.
A Guide to Faculty Development
provides an introduction and a guide to faculty development as well as
new topics like working with adjuncts, diversity, multiculturalism,
assessment, and different issues associated with the various types of
campuses. Sponsored by The Professional and Organizational Development
Network in Higher Education, this revised and updated guide is essential
for faculty developers and administrators newly involved as well as
experienced in faculty development. Kay J. Gillespie
is professor emerita at Colorado State University and an independent
higher education consultant. She has been involved in faculty
development for more than thirty years. She served on The Professional
and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) Core
Committee, and was president of the organization in 1998-99. She was
lead editor of the first edition of this title.
Douglas L. Robertson is dean of undergraduate education and
professor of higher education at Florida International University. He
has been involved in promoting innovation in U. S. higher education
for more than thirty years and has over twenty years of administrative
experience in undergraduate and graduate education. He is chair of The
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher
Education Publications Committee, as well as a member of the POD Core
Committee. He has authored or coedited six books, including Making
Time, Making Change: Avoiding Overload in College Teaching (New
Forums Press, 2003) and Self-Directed Growth
(Brunner-Routledge, 1988).
