Roles of
faculty in higher education have been changing year by year. It is interesting
what Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of Carroll College Jerry
Berberet comments on this issue. According
to Berberet (2008), the most important trend in education for future is that
faculty members will get support for professional development. Moreover,
rewarding for their contribution to development of education will be included
to strategic plan of higher education institutions.
Berberet
(2008) also mentions other positive changes concerning faculty in higher
education: reduction of tension between administrative staff and faculty
members, improvement of public relationship towards faculty, “humanization of
the faculty, their training, goals, sources of motivation and satisfaction,
their professional needs at various stages of their careers” (p.2). More
conditions will be provided for faculty to combine their professional and
personal lives. There will be collaborative relationship between universities
and their faculty. It will be beneficial for both parts, as they will support
each other in overcoming challenges.
Faculty will be expected to “teach and
advise increasingly diverse student population for local to global careers and
citizenship” (Berberet, 2008, p.2). To assess students’ outcomes in learning
and review academic programs for improvement, they need to become specialists
in measurement in education. Faculty will also become specialists in developing
innovative curricula. In future, faculty members will advance collaborative way
of teaching: faculty-students and students-students.
Overall, we observe positive predictions
on the future of faculty roles from the perspective of Jerry Berberet. If these
predictions come true, faculty members will get real satisfaction from their
work and do their best to contribute to development of higher education.
Reference
Berberet, J. (2008, December). Toward the
professoriate of the future: Critical questions for
higher education and America. Advancing Higher Education. Retrieved
from: https://www.tiaacrefinstitute.org/public/pdf/institute/research/advancing_higher_educ
tion/1208_01.pdf
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