National Collegiate Honors Council

 

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

Date of this Version

2025

Document Type

Book

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Published by the National Collegiate Honors Council, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2025

National Collegiate Honors Council Monograph Series

Editors, John Zubizarreta and Victoria M. Bryan

Series editor, Jeffrey A. Portnoy

ISBN 978-1-945001-25-3

Comments

Copyright 2025, NCHC. Used by permission

Abstract

Development is a contradictory terrain, as seen in the persistence of multiple and conflicting goals, uneven and unequal outcomes, and varied definitions and approaches to teaching and learning in higher education. How might universities support faculty development as a process rather than as isolated educational events? This collection highlights inherent complexities and challenges in sustained professional development and presents new ways of supporting faculty and designing curricula to encourage learning-centered teaching, experiential learning, collaborative undergraduate research, progressive forms of assessment, and other dynamic, inspiring forms of instruction. Engaging in interdisciplinary thinking ranging from Education and Education Policy, Biochemistry, Philosophy, Environmental Humanities, Mathematics, and Religious Studies to Geography and Organizational Leadership, this compilation contributes to the burgeoning growth of global conversations about the need for purposeful, strategic collaborations among the professoriate, centers for teaching and learning, and other vital partners (students, community, government) in education. Authors critically reevaluate the challenges, opportunities, and ambiguities associated with professional development today. Each chapter offers its own exploration (theoretical and/or practical) of the multifaceted nature of faculty development, the challenges faced by educators and administrators, and the potential for transformative partnerships and interventions to improve teaching and to affirm, support, and sustain the joy of learning for students and faculty alike.

CONTENTS

Foreword, Victoria Mundy Bhavsar and Suketu P. Bhavsar

Introduction, John Zubizarreta and Victoria M. Bryan

Part I: Best-Practice Honors Pedagogy and Collaboration for Faculty Development

Team Teaching as Honors Faculty Professional Development, Richard Badenhausen

Leadership Academy: Fostering Honors Faculty Growth through Peer-to-Peer Learning, Chelsea Redger-Marquardt, Doug Stucky, Cindi Mason, Bobby Berry, Samantha Gregus, and Kimberly Engber

Part II: Building Faculty Community

A Critical Role for an Honors Community of Practice, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Scott O’Leary, Scott Breuninger, Karen D. Youmans, Jeff Chamberlain, and Sheila Nowinski

An Edifying Honors Collaborative, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Jonathan D. Kotinek, Heidi M. Appel, Joy L. Hart, Paul Knox, Andrea Radasanu, Daniel M. Roberts, Timothy Nichols, Leigh E. Fine, William L. Ziegler, Mary Bryk, Susan Sumner, Rachael Budowle, Kaetlyn Cordingley, Graham E. Bastian, Noah Roerig, Adam Stroud, and Keith Garbutt

Part III: Honors and CTL Partnerships

Empowering Honors Education: A Joint Initiative for Teaching Excellence and Curriculum Enhancement, Alexandra Bitton-Bailey, Ryan Z. Good, Gabriela Hamerlinck, and Melissa L. Johnson

Leadership and Change from Within: An Honors College and CTL Partnership, Connie M. Schroeder and Hilary K. Snow

The Brief Life of a Students-as-Partners Model for Improving General Education, Rick Fisher and Janel Seeley

Transforming Partnerships: Developing a Model for Experiential Learning in Honors, Grace Troupe and Tamy Burnett

Part IV: Honors faculty Certification

Reimagining an Honors Education: Building a Community of 21st-Century Learners, Robyn M. Brighton and Rebecca J. Toole

A Comprehensive Honors College Faculty Certification Model, Magda J. Castineyra, Virginia Fuillerat, and Marianne Maduro

Part V: Honors Fellows, FIGs, SoTL, and FLCs

Honors Civic Foundations Faculty Fellows Program, Lauren E. Davis and Kevin D. Egan

Exploding the Silos: How Honors and CETL Collaboration Can Transform Faculty Development, Christine Larson, Evren Celik-Wiltse, Kevin Sackreiter, and Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson

A Faculty Inquiry Group for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Honors, Kevin Sackreiter, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Christine Larson, and Evren Celik-Wiltse

Part VI: Interdisciplinary Honors Faculty Development

Hacking through the Silos: Honors Faculty Development, Joy L. Hart, Rebecca C. Bott-Knutson, Heidi M. Appel, Jonathan D. Kotinek, Paul Knox, Susan Sumner, Noah Roerig, William L. Ziegler, and Leigh E. Fine

From Classrooms to Communities: Integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into Honors Education, Megan McIlreavy and Pamela L. Martin

Part VII: Practical Honors Faculty Workshops

Professional Development through Teaching in Honors: An Elon University Workshop, Mike Carignan, Lynn R. Huber, Deandra Little, and Tom Mould

Incorporating Faculty Development Workshops at James Madison University, Fawn-Amber Montoya and Felix Wang

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