{"product_id":"the-academic-portfolio-isbn-9780470256992","title":"The Academic Portfolio","description":"This comprehensive book focuses squarely on academic portfolios, which may prove to be the most innovative and promising faculty evaluation and development technique in years. The authors identify key issues, red flag warnings, and benchmarks for success, describing the what, why, and how of developing academic portfolios. The book includes an extensively tested step-by-step approach to creating portfolios and lists 21 possible portfolio items covering teaching, research\/scholarship, and service from which faculty can choose the ones most relevant to them.  \u003cp\u003eThe thrust of this book is unique:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIt provides time-tested strategies and proven advice for getting started with portfolios.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIt includes a research-based rubric grounded in input from 200 faculty members and department chairs from across disciplines and institutions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIt examines specific guiding questions to consider when preparing every subsection of the portfolio.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIt presents 18 portfolio models from 16 different academic disciplines.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigned for faculty members, department chairs, deans, and members of promotion and tenure committees, all of whom are essential partners in developing successful academic portfolio programs, the book will also be useful to graduate students, especially those planning careers as faculty members.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Academic Portfolio Concept 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Choosing Items for the Academic Portfolio 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Preparing the Portfolio 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Suggestions for Improving the Portfolio 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Evaluating the Portfolio for Personnel Decisions 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Answers to Common Questions 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Sample Portfolios from Across Disciplines 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBiomedical Engineering\u003c\/i\u003e 61\u003cbr\u003eTimothy M. Wick\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBioscience and Biotechnology 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eShivanthi Anandan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChild and Family Studies 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLynda Henley Walters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEducation 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRobert M. Maninger\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEducation 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eClement A. Seldin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnglish 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJohn Zubizarreta\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Engineering 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCharles N. Haas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeign Languages and Literature 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSheri Spaine Long\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeology and Environmental Science 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRanjan S. Muttiah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJazz and Contemporary Music 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eReginald Workman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMathematical Sciences 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLisa A. Oberbroeckling\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNutritional Sciences 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGina Jarman Hill\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePastoral Counseling 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eKelly Murray\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePediatric Emergency Medicine 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAnnalise Sorrentino\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Science 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCarrie Liu Currier\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Science 295\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMarlene K. Sokolon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduct Design 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRobert Kirkbride\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePsychology 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePamela A. Geller\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences  349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 351\u003c\/p\u003e  “If you plan to read only one book about portfolios, buy this one. Peter Seldin is the author or coauthor of over 16 books about faculty development and evaluation. His most recent books explored the use of portfolios in evaluating teaching or administrative performance. This one is dedicated to the use of the same tool in documenting all three components of a faculty work life, and is addressed both to the preparer and to evaluator of an academic portfolio.   \u003cp\u003e…Even the most faithful of Seldin’s readers will find new and updated content among many familiar themes, as well as a change of focus from the evaluator to the preparer of an academic portfolio. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe anecdote at the end of Chapter 6 is telling about the authors’ opinion: the time to begin preparing an academic portfolio is now. Start by reading this book to find out why and how!”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e —The National Teaching and Learning Forum\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AUTHORS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Seldin\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Management Emeritus at Pace University in Pleasantville, New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Elizabeth Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of Family and Child Studies at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.    \t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Academic Portfolio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If faculty heed the suggestions and advice in this book, preparing materials for promotion and tenure will be a much easier task and a far more effective process.\" \u003cb\u003e\t—Mary Lou Higgerson,\u003c\/b\u003e vice president for academic affairs, Baldwin-Wallace College  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I cannot think of a more timely, useful, and applied tool for faculty and administrators than this comprehensive book by Seldin and Miller.\" \u003cb\u003e\t—Barbara Millis,\u003c\/b\u003e director of the TEAM Center, University of Texas at San Antonio  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bravo! Seldin and Miller have done it. Every faculty member should develop a portfolio. Every dean and department chair needs to read this book.\" \u003cb\u003e\t—Walter H. Gmelch,\u003c\/b\u003e dean, School of Education, University of San Francisco  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When I applied for promotion and tenure, I wish I had known the important lessons of this influential and practical book.\" \u003cb\u003e\t—John Zubizarreta,\u003c\/b\u003e professor of English, Columbia College, South Carolina  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Seldin and Miller provide an easy-to-use template, guided reflections, and valuable models that chart the course for success.\" \u003cb\u003e\t—Melanie Harris,\u003c\/b\u003e Department of Religion and Ethics, Texas Christian University  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book provides broad presentation strategies, helpful prompts for reflection, and portfolio examples from different disciplines that are worth their weight in gold.\" \u003cb\u003e\t—Sheri Spaine Long,\u003c\/b\u003e chair, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Alabama at Birmingham  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'll share this book and recommend it to my junior faculty members and others seeking to be promoted.\" \u003cb\u003e\t—Anisa M. 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