Understanding STEM academics' responses and resilience to educational reform of academic roles in higher education

PM Ross, E Scanes, P Poronnik, H Coates… - International journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Across the globe, there have been significant reforms to improve STEM
education at all levels. A significant part of this has been teacher reform. While the …

Resilience of higher education academics in the time of 21st century pandemics: a narrative review

EJ de los Reyes, J Blannin, C Cohrssen… - Journal of Higher …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The demands arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have amplified the importance of
resilience not only for students, but also for academics. This narrative review examines a …

Global higher education: Examining response to the COVID-19 pandemic using agility and adaptability

TJ McCormack, PA Lemoine… - … of Education and …, 2021 - journal.julypress.com
Global higher education institutions are significantly impacted by a key component of chaos
during challenging times: the ability to effectively respond to ambiguity and uncertainty …

Faculty drivers and barriers: Laying the groundwork for undergraduate STEM education reform in academic departments

SE Shadle, A Marker, B Earl - International Journal of STEM Education, 2017 - Springer
Background Calls to improve student learning and increase the number of science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) college and university graduates assert the need …

Shifting sands: navigating being academic in an evolving sector

S Debowski - Higher Education Research & Development, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The evolution of the higher education sector has included a strong focus on academic
performance despite increasing workloads and employment precarity, with COVID-19 further …

Beyond the Robbins trap: Reconceptualising academic responses to change in higher education (or… quiet flows the don?)

P Trowler - Studies in Higher Education, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
This article argues that there is an urgent need to emphasise the role of the academic as an
important actor in the study of policy implementation in higher education. It asserts that …

Breaking down student-staff barriers

C Bovill - Pedagogic frailty and resilience in the university, 2017 - brill.com
Jenkins and Healey (2005) have argued that there are many factors that can lead to a
separation of research and teaching within universities. Teachers often introduce research …

Academic integrity, STEM education, and COVID-19: A call to action

KL Turner, JD Adams, SE Eaton - Cultural studies of science education, 2022 - Springer
With the global pandemic educators have had to move their courses to virtual spaces, and
this quick change has brought up concerns, especially in STEM education where there are …

COVID and the impact on higher education: The essential role of integrity and accountability

B Blankenberger, AM Williams - Administrative Theory & Praxis, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on higher education using Gaus's
ecological approach. We open by exploring the higher education market and accountability …

The impact of COVID-19 on academic department chairs: Heightened complexity, accentuated liminality, and competing perceptions of reinvention

RA Gigliotti - Innovative Higher Education, 2021 - Springer
This article explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic department chairs.
Through a survey of 172 department chairs in the United States, the central findings of this …