National Collegiate Honors Council

 

Date of this Version

2023

Citation

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council (fall/winter 2023) 24(2): 3-8

Comments

Copyright 2023, NCHC. Used by permission

Abstract

Honors faculty are defined by their dedication to their craft and their enormous impact on students in every discipline. However, their role within the larger university setting is nebulous, leading to an undervaluation of their contributions to higher education in an era of negative perceptions of the industry. Honors faculty can be tenured, contingent, academic, or professors of the practice; in every case, questions of promotion, compensation, and teaching assignments make staffing an honors program in a consistent manner difficult at best. These programs, their students, and their faculty would benefit from a more standardized approach to effectively serve honors students, especially as the landscape of higher education is shifting in terms of technology, budgets, and the approaching enrollment cliff for traditional students.

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