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ENGAGEMENT: The Secret Sauce to Effective Faculty Professional Development

Faculty Focus

There are two words that often cause faculty to become disgruntled: professional development. The concept of professional development is not the sole issue; the disdain comes from the lack of purpose and the ineffectiveness. Professional development should be an enriching and meaningful experience for adults.

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Professional Learning Communities: A Meaningful Approach to Faculty Professional Development

Faculty Focus

Therefore, faculty professional development needs to be a professional community of scholars working together to maximize each other’s success. The questions then become why and how the implementation of Professional Learning Communities impact Higher Education. McGill Journal of Education.

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Professional Learning Communities: A Meaningful Approach to Faculty Professional Development

Faculty Focus

Therefore, faculty professional development needs to be a professional community of scholars working together to maximize each other’s success. The questions then become why and how the implementation of Professional Learning Communities impact Higher Education. McGill Journal of Education.

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ENGAGEMENT: The Secret Sauce to Effective Faculty Professional Development

Faculty Focus

There are two words that often cause faculty to become disgruntled: professional development. The concept of professional development is not the sole issue; the disdain comes from the lack of purpose and the ineffectiveness. Professional development should be an enriching and meaningful experience for adults.

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Press Release: ACPA Renames Professional Development Event to the Paul Shang Institute for Aspiring SSAOs

ACPA

During his presidency, professional development access and opportunity was the core of his direction for the Association. Shang continues to be an active supporter of ACPA and professional development. Heather Shea on Mixed Race College Students and Colorism: Considerations for Post- Secondary Institutions.

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UC Irvine to Launch Pre-Health Professional Development Program to Support Students from Underserved Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of California, Irvine, will launch an interdisciplinary, pre-health professional development program, which aims to support students from underserved communities interested in healthcare careers. Dr. Belinda Campos UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways (UCPPP) – it is receiving funding from a five-year, $3.6

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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

Faculty Focus

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021).