Approaches which recognize the inadequacy of many existing faculty preparation programs, while facilitating role and career transition of new faculty members are needed by today's 2-year colleges. Recognizing these facts, this monograph looks at the orientation program as one solution. Recent research on faculty background in terms of occupational and teaching experiences, occupational attitudes, and academic credentials reveals the great variation at both the state and national level. This variation, when considered with the diverse recruiting methods and environments, adds immediacy to the need for programs that can begin the unification process and obtain support for each institution's locally prescribed mission. A review of orientation programs in California, Michigan, and New York characterizes recent approaches to this situation. Related research on the planning, conduct, and activities of individual programs, as well as their regional distribution, offer additional insight. Characteristics of existing programs that appear important include participation of incumbent faculty members, and introduction to real problems faced by each institution. After considering this research, a model for a new orientation program is suggested, including discussion of goals, planning, duration, actual conduct, and evaluation. The concluding section investigates future circumstances which should be considered in developing orientation programs. (JO)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- ['ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA.', 'American Association of Junior Colleges, Washington, DC.']
- Peer Reviewed
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- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- . and pet oil a 7
- ORIENTATION 11
- OCCUPATIONAL 12
- THE MARKETPLACE 14
- JUNIOR COLLEGE 14
- METHODS OF 15
- JOB SEARCH 15
- ATTENDANT 23
- A COMPARISON 26
- SOCIALIZATION 30
- MICHIGAN 35
- CALIFORNIA 36
- NEW YORK 36
- NATIONAL SURVEY 38
- OF TWO-YEAR 38
- ORIENTATION 38
- ORIENTATION 40
- CONDUCTING THE 41
- ORIENTATION 41
- COMMENTARY 48
- SURVEY 50
- THE ORIENTATION 53
- PLANNING THE 55
- DURATION OF 56
- OF ORIENTATION 57
- EVALUATING THE 65
- THE DEMAND FOR 68
- ORIENTATION FOR 71
- THE SEVENTIES 71
- SOME 71
- CONSIDERATIONS 71
- INTO THE FUTURE 78
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 83