GS 650: Preparing Future Faculty

Fall 2009

Syllabus

Working Schedule (updated regularly)

PFF Mentee & Mentor Responsibilities (in pdf or html)

CPE List of (and Links to) Postsecondary Institutions in Kentucky

Institutional Fit Rubric

PowerPoints (converted to PDFs)

1. Syllabus Highlights (with list of participants)
2. Selected National PFF slides
3. Overview of American Higher Education Institutional Types
4. Highlights from “What Colleges and Universities Want in New Faculty”
5. Tables from ANAC Survey of New Faculty
6. Results of GS 650 Survey Conducted at Start of Semester (click here for pdf version)
7. Dr. John R. Thelin's Presentation on the History of American Higher Education (click here for pdf version)
8. Dr. Lee Edgerton's Presentation on Landgrant Institutions
9. Seeking Faculty Positions (click here for pdf version)

Resources

1. National PFF website
2. Local PFF website
3. UK Graduate Certificate in College Teaching and Learning
4. Carnegie Foundation Classification System
5. Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities (AIKCU)
6. Kentucky Council on Post-Secondary Education (CPE)
7. Appalachian College Association (ACA)
8. The Chronicle of Higher Education
9. HigherEdJobs.com
10. Selected Books on College & University Teaching
11. AAUP's Policy Documents and Reports (the "Redbook")
12. Voluntary System of Accountability (College Portraits)
13. University of Kentucky: Original Top Twenty Business Plan Powerpoint Presentation, 2005
14. University of Kentucky: Top Twenty Plan, Full Version
15. University of Kentucky Research: Stats and Rankings
16. University of Kentucky's Benchmark Institutions

Recommended Readings

• "Expecations and Reality in American Higher Education" by John R. Thelin (Available online courtesy of John R. Thelin and The NEA Higher Education Journal)
• "Conceptualizing the Academic Life: Graduate Students' Perspectives" by Jeffery P. Bieber and Linda K. Worley (Available online courtesy of The Journal of Higher Education)
• The University of Kentucky's 2009-2014 Strategic Plan
• National PFF Brochure (Available online courtesy of The Council of Graduate Schools and Association of American Colleges and Universities)
• "What Colleges and Universities Want in New Faculty" by Kathrynn A. Adams (Available online courtesy of AAC&U)
•  "The Preparing Future Faculty Program: What Difference Does it Make?" by A. Leigh DeNeef (Available online courtesy of AAC&U)
• "Perceptions of Early Career Faculty: Managing the Transition from Graduate School to the Professional Career" by Jerry Berberet (Available online courtesy of Associated New American Colleges and TIAA-CREF)
• "Grad Students Think Twice about Jobs in Academe" by Audrey Williams June
• "So You Want to Be a Social Work Educator? An Inside Look at an Academic Career" by David Royse (Available online courtesy of David Royse and Social Work Today)

Links may be added as the semester progresses.

Spring 2009 GS 650 Course Page

Questions? Contact Dr. Morris A. Grubbs at morris.grubbs@uky.edu (859-257-9725), 103 Gillis Building, 40506-0033

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Last updated 24 September 2009