Academic Directors Research Articles

Post-notification day perceptions of unplaced internship applicants and their academic training directors: Recommendations for improving future selection processes.

Post-notification day perceptions of unplaced internship applicants and their academic training directors: Recommendations for improving future selection processes.

Evaluation of academic librarians' publications for tenure and initial promotion

Academic library directors ranked publication evaluation criteria for relative importance in the tenure and promotion process. For books, the most important criteria were assessments from subject experts, awards, and book reviews. For journal articles, the most important criteria were publication in refereed journals, nature of articles, journals' prestige, and subject experts' assessments.

Current status of residency programs: Survey of program directors

This survey was compiled to provide current data on the structure and content of radiology residency programs and the role of the residency program director. A survey, created in electronic form and on paper, was distributed to all United States academic, private, and military radiology residency program directors. Of the 202 survey forms distributed, 168 (83%) were completed and returned. Eighty percent of respondents support national curriculum guidelines, but most do not favor national curriculum requirements. About half (53%) of programs spend 6 months in "view box" nuclear medicine; others provide some experience by lectures and on-call time. Most programs (60%) relieve residents of some call during the senior year. Some programs (28%) allow seniors time away from clinical duties to study for the oral board exam, and 17% permit time away to study for the written boards. Seventy-eight percent of programs have had a "problem resident," and 47% have asked a resident to leave the program. Directors' most frequently expressed concern was threat of diminished residency numbers due to decreased funding.

International staff exchanges for academic libraries

Internationalization is a major concern for many universities, and library faculty exchanges have increased in importance for the participants and their academic communities. This article reports on a survey of academic library directors and exchange participants from both the United Kingdom/Ireland and the United States/Canada.

Facilitating cultural diversity in college and university libraries

A survey of 200 academic library directors in areas of large ethnic minority populations revealed that 92 percent of them have appropriated financial resources to facilitate cultural diversity. Developing multicultural collections is the most common activity reported; recruiting minority librarians and providing Bl for foreign students are also high priorities.

The Managerial Decision Styles of Academic Library Directors

The decision styles of 370 academic library directors are examined using the Decision Style Inventory. Survey results indicate that most directors have an idea rather than an action orientation; with the exception of directors at baccalaureate institutions, they are primarily left-brain dominant. However, there are significant differences in the preferred decision styles among directors at doctoral, comprehensive, baccalaureate, and two-year institutions

Predictors of physical therapy faculty job turnover.

The purpose of this study was to determine what factors are predictive of job turnover of faculty in physical therapy education programs. Four hundred six physical therapy faculty and 92 academic program directors participated in the study. Data were collected from two questionnaires mailed to the participants. Fifteen predictors of turnover were tested, using correlational and multiple regression analyses for data on faculty and education programs. Findings showed that 10% of the faculty resigned within a 1-year period. Low, but significant, correlations were found between higher turnover and fewer years of employment, behavioral intentions to leave, lower salary, higher job stress, and baccalaureate programs. Multiple regression analysis revealed that education programs with faculty having fewer years of employment and the availability of many job alternatives demonstrated significantly higher turnover. Measures to reduce turnover, including faculty recruitment and retention plans, job redesign strategies, and faculty development programs for new faculty, are recommended.

The generalist versus the subject specialist librarian: a critical choice for academic library directors in Nigeria

(1991). The generalist versus the subject specialist librarian: a critical choice for academic library directors in Nigeria. International Library Review: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 111-120.

Academic Library Directors: A Managerial Role Profile

Presentation et analyse des resultats d'une etude sur le profil du directeur d'une bibliotheque universitaire. Dependant de variables telles que l'institution, le caractere de l'individu, le profil de manager n'est pas fige; il peut varier selon que le manager a un role interne et/ou externe, qu'il endosse tout ou partie des responsabilites en management etc

Surgical and Urologic Manpower in the United States, 1969 to 1978

Between 1969 and 1978 the number of board-certified urologists increased by 71 per cent, while the population of the United States increased by 8.2 per cent. In 1978 the ratio of board-certified urologists to population was 1:32,416 and 326 of 370 first-year residency positions available in urology in the United States were filled. If we continue to produce urologists at the present rate the urologist to population ratio will be approximately 1:25,972 by year 2000. Thus, it appears that there are now too many urologists being trained yearly, which was indicated by 68 per cent of the academic program directors surveyed in 1979. In fact, to restore the ratio of urologist to population approximating 1:35,000 by year 2000 the number of urologists being trained yearly should be reduced to 156 or by approximately 50 per cent. The only reasonable chance of achieving a reduction in urologists being trained in the near future is by voluntary decreases in the size of training programs. There are many consequences of overproduction of urologists, including unnecessary surgery, atrophy of skills among practitioners and diminution of major training programs because of lack of patient referrals. Therefore, this issue is of equal importance to private practitioners and to academicians.

Otto Maass, 1890-1961

Probably to the great majority of English speaking people, the expression ‘O.M .’ has no very definite connotation. Certainly no strong feeling of affection, no marked sense of loyalty, is conjured up by saying ‘O.M .’. Yet for more than thirty years, in almost every scientific research laboratory in Canada, ‘O.M .’ had one well-known and very definite meaning: Otto Maass. The expression was used not frivolously, but with a sense of very real esteem and affection. It is, of course, not uncommon for young men to refer to their chiefs as ‘the Master’, ‘the King’, etc. whether these chiefs be artists or generals, directors of academic research laboratories or directors of theatrical productions. Such nicknames usually have a variety of connotations, but among Maass’s former students, the intense loyalty and depth of feeling of personal friendship that were implied by ‘O.M .’ was quite exceptional. While Dr Maass’s contributions to Canadian science and to Canada’s war effort were indeed remarkable, perhaps even more remarkable was the highly personal and enduring character of the veneration which he inspired in his students and close associates.

Studying Teachers' Methods of Work

In analyzing the documents of inspectors who have checked on schools, the reports of inspectors of city and regional departments of education and the papers of directors and academic directors of schools in checking on the lessons of teachers, we came to the conclusion that it is necessary to think seriously about the methodology of inspection.