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“Hit the Ground Running”: Experiences of New Faculty in a School of Education
- The Review of Higher Education
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 14, Number 2, Winter 1991
- pp. 177-197
- 10.1353/rhe.1991.0023
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The early experiences of new faculty are critical to their success in, and satisfaction with, an academic career, and department chairs play a crucial role in their adjustment. This study examines and describes the experiences of new School of Education faculty in a research university, then compares those experiences to the expectations and perceptions administrators have of the new-faculty experience.