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Carleton CollegeApril 3, 2006
Richard M. Reis, Ph.D.
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Contents
Description
Functions
Subscribers
Uses
Feedback
Impact
Future Directions
Tomorrow’s Professor Blog
How to Subscribe
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TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR(SM) MAILING LISTdesk-top faculty development one hundred times a year
Over 26,250 subscribersOver 650 postingsOver 650 academic institutionsOver 100 countries
Sponsored byTHE STANFORD UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
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An archive of all past postings (with a two week delay) can be found at:http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/index.shtml
DescriptionDescription
Begun in March, 1998, the Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List (“desk-top faculty development, one hundred times per year”) is a twice per week, 1,000 -1,500 word set of postings on higher education sent electronically to over 26,000 subscribers at more than 650 academic institutions in over 100 countries around the world. The 700th posting was sent on February 21, 2006.
Tomorrow’s Academy
* New Faculty Reward Structures* Faculty Learning and Institutional Change
Tomorrow’s Graduate Students and Postdocs
* The Academic Job Talk.* General Principles For Responding to Academic Job Offers
Tomorrow’s Academic Careers
* Preparing for Changing Roles* Twelve Suggestions for Optimizing Academic Career Success
Tomorrow’s Teaching and Learning
* Content Tyranny* How Students Learn, How Teachers Teach, and What Goes Wrong With the Process
Tomorrow’s Research
* Making Your Research Understandable to Your Colleagues Down the Hall
* How Graduate Students and Faculty Miscommunicate
FunctionsFunctions
• To provide provocative and practical material on current issues and problems in higher education
• To provide insights on how to prepare for, find, and succeed at academic careers in higher education
• To provide for a contemporary dialog on ways to improve teaching and learning
SubscribersSubscribers(March 1998 through March 2006)
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Asia 595
Australia & New Zealand 387
Europe & Middle East 1,983
North America 15,494
South & Central America 349
Other* 5,994
TOTAL 25,122
* not able to determine location from e-mail address
Number of Subscribers World Regions
(As of December, 2005)
U.S. 13,111
Canada 923
United Kingdom 203
Australia 201
Sweden 168
South Africa 166
Germany 152
Kuwait 117
New Zealand 98
Jordon 88
Number of Subscribers Top Ten Countries
(As of December, 2005)
Stanford University 722
University of Michigan 389
University of Wisconsin-Madison 275
University of California, Berkeley 180
University of Minnesota 161
Pennsylvani State Univ. 138
University of Washington 134
Harvard University 133
University of Georgia 123
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 121
Number of Subscribers Top 10 U.S. Colleges and Universities
(As of December, 2005)
Subscriber Percentages by DisciplineBased on a random survey of 600 subscribers
Life Sciences (including medicine)
9%
Physical sciences (including math)
16%
Social Sciences23%Humanities
13%
Education9%
Engineering (including computer
science)25%
Other5%
Subscriber Percentages by Professional Status
Based on a random survey of 600 subscribers
Assistant professor24%
Associate professor9% Full professor
20%
Higher education administration
9%
Other2%
Industry/government
2%
Postdoc5%
Instructor/lecteur6%
Part-time/adjunct faculty
5%
Graduate student18%
How Subscribers Became Aware of Mailing List
Based on a random survey of 600 subscribers
At a conference or professional
meeting17%
From a faculty member
26%
From a friend (other than the
above)3%
From a student17%
From an announcement sent
via e-mail21%
Other16%
Desired Frequency of Mailing List PostingsBased on a random survey of 600 subscribers
One per week37%
Two per week62%
More than two per week
1%
Uses of Mailing List Postings
• Posting category preferences• Postings read in their entirety• Posting applications• Examples
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Based on a random survey of 600 subscribers
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Tomorrow's Teaching and Learning
Tomorrow's Research
Percentage of Mailing List Postings Read in Their Entirety
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academic careers
current issues
teaching and learning
class discussions
faculty development
further exploration
support of research
dissertation topics
U.S./Canadian perspective
sent to colleagues
Uses
Percentage of Subscribers
Feedback - Example #1 As advice for faculty with new responsibilities
I am a new departmental chair--the previous chair is out of the country, and thus cannot really help me, and I am only 1 of 3 new chairs at Brandeis, which has no formal mechanism for educating chairs. Thus, I found your two columns on being a chair very helpful--I learned some new things, and became reassured about some others. As a result of my experiences, I have encouraged an associate dean to keep a file for future new chairs -- including your two postings --so that they might have an easier time than I.
Marc Brettler <[email protected]>
Feedback - Example #2As assistance in academic/faculty development programs
I usually skim each post, and if it seems relevant to anyone I know (in my university or anywhere else) I will forward it to them via e-mail. Occasionally, I will fwd a post to all my academic development colleagues in the Institute (5 others), so as to alert them to the publication it is extracted from, and the perspective it might be adopting on a particular issue. As I work in academic development, I find I am sharing your extracts and commentaries with colleagues, rather than with students.
Kim McShaneLecturer (Flexible & Online Learning)Institute for Teaching & LearningThe University of SydneyNSW 2006
Feedback - Example #3As an archive website for possible dissertation topics.
I link to postings in the archives that I think will be of particular interest to graduate students and post-docs at MSU, and use postings as starting points for searches for other interesting web material. In the short time that I have been a subscriber, I have utilized the list postings and archive website heavily and find them timely and useful.
Andrea L. Beach, M.A.Doctoral Candidate in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong EducationMichigan State [email protected]
On senior academic administrators
On college deans
On department chairs
On senior professors at major research universities
On assistant professors at liberal arts colleges
On non-university subscribers
ImpactImpact
On senior academic administrators:
"The Tomorrow's professor Listserv is fabulous and very useful. I really enjoy it.” Nancy Cantor, provost, University of Michigan
“I am very interested in knowing what our younger faculty find to be interesting and in keeping them informed about issues the Listserv raises. My president and I both read the list regularly.” Chuck Middleton, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, Bowling Green State University
On college deans:
“The Listserv has been of great benefit to our profession. It uses the medium (frequency of messages, excellent editing, and so on) in a way that allows the information to be easily shared.” Tim Snyder, dean of science Georgetown University:
((Selected from a sample of over 750 unsolicited comments)
On department chairs:
“The Association of Communication Administration is comprised of about 350 department chairs/deans of communication departments/colleges. Much of the TP Listserv would be of interest to ACA’s membership and would serve as an excellent source of on-line discussions.” Janesl Gaudino, Executive Director, National Communication Association
On senior professors at major research universities:
“I read it religiously and recommend to many of my colleagues.” Eric Mazur, Physics, Harvard University
On assistant professors at liberal arts colleges:
“It's like professional development right here at my office...and, being at a small college where it is sometimes difficult to have discussions on select topics, it really helps.” Markita Price, Mathematics & Computer Science, Stephens College
On non-university subscribers:
“The Listserv is a tremendous service to higher education, engineering education, and for young faculty in particular. The posts are timely and thoughtful, serving to connect and stretch the thinking and awareness of literally thousands of faculty members.” Carol Muller, executive director, MentorNet
“I think the Tomorrow's Professor is magnificent! It is my favorite list serve because it is the most informative and the articles are choice. When members of the disciplinary societies get together we all agree on this point. I have been meaning to write to tell you and I hope you already know how much many of us appreciate your work.” Noralee Frankel American, Historical Association
"The Tomorrow's Professor Listserv informs my work more than anything else I read. Carla B. Howery, Deputy executive officer, American Sociological Association
TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR BLOGhttp://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/
Established, February, 2006
A partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University to create a forum for comments and discussion about articles from the Tomorrow’s Professor Mailing List and about general issues concerning higher education.
TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR BLOGhttp://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/
Posted by markep on March 7, 2006
#703 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AS THE NEXT GREAT FACULTY DIVIDE
March 03, 2006 Read Comments [14] Add comments
"There was a time not so long ago when the great faculty divide was between faculty who performed research and faculty who did not. Now, however, with most faculty engaged in research, the new line of demarcation is instead between faculty who engage students in their research and those who do not."
TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR BLOGhttp://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/
Comments about this article: [14]
“Its true. Nowadays, You barely find professors who do no research. In fact its a necessary part of faculty job, to be great in research, therefore new divide line is faculty who have great skill in teaching and the one who do not. Of course a part of teaching skill is engaging students in active researches”.
TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR BLOGhttp://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/
Combines elements of two types of discussion forums:
1. A loosely-formed online community built around a shared affinity
2. A facilitator-driven online learning activity.
TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR BLOGhttp://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/
Sample Research Questions
1) What are the various technical characteristics and efficiencies of the site itself?
2) What does a content analysis of the postings reveal about the interests, issues, concerns of faculty and graduate students related to teaching and learning?
TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR BLOGhttp://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/
Sources for data analysis:
1. Content of past and current listserv postings
2. Web statistics such as traffic, discussion board postings, sessions, unique users
3. Content of the online forum discussions
4. Online survey of forum participants (with possible email follow-up)
TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR BLOGhttp://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/
Analysis Models
Interactive Analysis Model (IAM)
Based on a uni-dimensional scale (from sharing ideas to applying newly constructed knowledge).
Social Network Analysis (SNA)
Used for discovering patterns over a large set of discussions.
Future Directions
Bring the benefits of the Listserv to more students and faculty, especially those outside the
United States and Canada
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• * Iran (43)• * Iraq (4)• * Ireland (87)• * Israel (62)• * Italy (324)• * Jamaica (7)• * Japan (215)• * Jordan (21)• * Kazakhstan (3)• * Kenya (4)• * Korea, South (85)• * Kuwait (6)• * Kyrgyzstan (3)• * Latvia (12)• * Lebanon (17)• * Liberia (2)• * Lithuania (11)• * Luxembourg (3)• * Macedonia, Former
Yugoslav Republic of (11)• * Malaysia (104)• * Malta (3)• * Mauritius (1)• * Mexico (169)• * Micronesia, Federated
States of (3)• * Mongolia (5)• * Morocco (4)• * Nepal (6)• * Netherlands (113)• * New Zealand (92)• * Nicaragua (5)• * Nigeria (3)• * Norway (40)• * Oman (4)• * Pakistan (56)• * Panama (7)• * Papua New Guinea (4)• * Paraguay (7)• * Peru (37)• * Philippines (129)• * Poland (85)• * Portugal (76)• * Qatar (2)• * Romania (47)
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Montenegro) (9)• * Zambia (4)* Zimbabwe (4)
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