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UPDATED: Good Grief! 'Bait & Switch': Law Publishing Version | THE TRIAL WARRIOR BLOG - 1 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 24 Sep 13
     
    A thorough account of an encounter with an unscrupulous publishing outfit
Paul Beaufait

Tomorrow's Professor eNewsletter: 1317. Writers Groups: Composing a Balanced Faculty - 0 views

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  • Writers groups can bring faculty members together for dedicated individual writing time, team brainstorming sessions, reading and discussions of books designed to improve writing productivity, and peer review of works in progress. By creating a supportive interdisciplinary group for idea exchange, writers groups rely on internal expertise, inspire interdisciplinary discussions, and create community (Benson-Brown, 2006).  In addition, scheduled writing time that leads to peer review of works in progress creates accountability that helps some faculty finish writing projects that otherwise might have languished.
  • Writers groups raise awareness in participants by helping them to see challenges faced by student writers and by offering them an opportunity to reflect on teaching through their writing activities. 
  • One basic success has been use of a facilitator to set meeting schedules, obtain meeting space, and keep group members on task via their commitment to participate at regular times.
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  • At colleges where a writers group is faculty driven, the leader is unlikely to be compensated by anything more than a line on his or her curriculum vitae, though perhaps this is not insignificant, given that leadership roles are frequently considered in tenure and promotion.
  • While some faculty in writers groups participate because doing so helps them to schedule time to work on projects, others need something different from the community: a group of peers who can review drafts and offer feedback for editing and revision. Even in interdisciplinary FLCs, the peer-review function can be very useful to members, providing them with commentary from a variety of perspectives.
  • Paul Beaufait on 31 Mar 14
     
    Though focused primarily on "faculty learning communities ... on two-year college campuses," this article may help a wide range of group types envision benefits and get started.
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Tomorrow's Professor eNewsletter: 1345. Let's Get Ready for Summer Writing - 0 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 14 Jul 14
     
    "The posting below looks at creating a summer plan to be more productive in your academic writing.  It is by Kerry Ann Rockquemore*, PhD, President and CEO of the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity" (Folks, ¶1, 2014.07.14).
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