CHAE Spring 2016 Report Released
Context influences postsecondary research in a multitude of ways. The Spring 2016 issue of the Center for Higher and Adult Education Report serves to illustrate how Center faculty examines context and organizational-level research.
The Center for Higher and Adult Education is pleased to announce the release of the Spring 2016 Center Report. Each issue of the Center Report features scholarship-in-brief narratives centered on the research portfolio and current work of select Center faculty. The Spring 2016 issue theme emphasizes the role of context and organizational level research. These narratives serve to illumine how Center faculty members understand the role of context in creating new knowledge and deepening our understanding of what is already known. The Spring 2016 Center Report is available for download below.
Sneak Peak
Narratives featured in the Spring 2016 issue include:
- Navigating the Complexity of Consortium Work features Marilyn Amey's ongoing study of the organizational successes and challenges of BEACON, an NSF Center for the Study of Evolution in Action.
- Faculty Retirement: Making the Silent Conversation Heard showcases the research that Roger Baldwin, the current Erickson Chair, is pursuing on the often unspoken topic of faculty retirement
- The Changing Roles of International Postdocs depicts Brendan Cantwell's ongoing interest in the growth of international postdocs at research universities, particularly in the science disciplines
- Professional Development and the Growth of University Teacher Communities in the Context of Educational Change features John DIrkx and his colleagues' efforts to examine professional development and teacher communities in the service of fostering organizational transformation in a large Italian university.
- Exploring the Implications of an HSI Designation for Graduate Students at a Research University introduces the work Patricia Marin and her colleague have undertaken to study what an emerging institutional HSI designation means for graduate student success
- Restructuring the Practica Selection Process for Emerging Student Affairs Professionals introduces efforts Christa Porter led to restructure practica experiences for students and supervisors using a framework of professional competencies.
- Imagining the Unimaginable: Decolonizing Global University Rankings from Southern/Decolonial Perspectives features Riyad Shahjahan and his colleagues' pursuit of questions to challenge the underlying logic of ranking systems through postcolonial and decolonial lenses
- The Transformation of Academic Writing, or What Do We Want from Enhanced E-Texts? depicts Steve Weiland's exploration of enhanced e-books as a new form of scholarly communication in the digital age
Learn more
The Center for Higher and Adult Education (CHAE) Report is produced each semester, with each issue devoted to highlighting research profiles and some of the recent work of CHAE colleagues and the work of the Center.
Past issues of the CHAE report are available on the CHAE Reports Archive.
