Pivoting in a Time of Pandemic: The Faculty Experience

Authors

Aaron M. Peterson, Minnesota State University MoorheadFollow
Jason A. Kaufman, Minnesota State University, MankatoFollow
James LeDuc
Larry Tate

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-28-2021

Keywords

online, transition, pandemic, faculty, stress, coping, campus leadership

Abstract

These results suggest that those faculty who responded to our survey were successfully coping with the elevated stress of the online pandemic pivot. Yet, in response to a final, open-ended item asking what they had done since the online transition due to the coronavirus pandemic to cope with the stress of teaching, research, and/or service at their colleges, faculty revealed a great deal of distress. Specifically, three themes emerged from their detailed and emotive comments: Faculty reported an emphasis on attending to students’ needs, especially beyond content; faculty reported with high frequency a reliance on their college colleagues; and faculty reported with high frequency a frustration with administrator communication and/or leadership.

Department

Educational Leadership

Print ISSN

0199-106X

Publication Title

Innovation Abstracts

Recommended Citation

Peterson, A. M., LeDuc, J., Tate, L., & Kaufman, J. A. (2021). Pivoting in a time of pandemic: The faculty experience. Innovation Abstracts, 43(2). https://www.nisod.org/2021/01/26/xliii_2/

Publisher's Copyright and Source

Copyright © The University of Texas at Austin, 2021.