Whatever Happened to Professorial Prestige in the Academy? Where is the Academic Freedom and the Shared Governance? A Series of Solutions to Begin to Reclaim Academic Professorial Prestige
- NCCU Author/Contributor (non-NCCU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- James Osler, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- North Carolina Central University (NCCU )
- Web Site: www.nccu.edu/academics/library/
Abstract: This chapter explores and addresses the current status of the professorshipin higher education. The authors explore how the prestige of the professorship has dwindled and as a result, has changed the overall trajectory ofthe professor is an active and ongoing integral part that is the essential essence of the academy. This chapter picks up from the research article initially published by Mutisya and Osler in 2014 as well as the work publishedby the same two authors in 2013. The 2013 article involved an in-depthanalysis on the professorate from a diverse number of currently employedprofessors. The research ultimately addressed the need for a “ConceptualFramework for Faculty as Academic Leaders in the Academy.” This chapter extends the initial research into an active discourse on current problems facing the professorate and solutions that can be enacted to reclaimthe lost prestige and authority that the position of professor once had inhigher education.
Additional Information
- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 2021