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Guidance to Industry S E C T I O N I I I Consider the common saying in the aviation sector, "If you've seen one airport, you've seen one airport." Academic programs, especially relevant to airports, are also not the same. On the other hand, there are some characteristics of academic programs that are similar throughout academia.
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61 How Academia Works for Non-Academics Most airport professionals are likely to have been enrolled in a program of higher education at some point, whether it was learning a trade, or earning an associate, 4-year (bachelor's) , or graduate (master's or doctorate)
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62 Enhancing Academic Programs to Prepare Future Airport Industry Professionals capstone programs. The Chair may also lead strategies for development and engagement as well as seek philanthropic gifts for student scholarships and endowed faculty positions.
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How Academia Works for Non-Academics 63 of Engineering, for example, may house Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and the like. A College of Natural Sciences may house Departments of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
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64 Enhancing Academic Programs to Prepare Future Airport Industry Professionals Course curricula consist of various categories: • General education courses • College core courses • Major core courses • Technical elective courses • General elective courses • Extracurricular activities Each course is given a certain number of credit hours, commensurate with the level of activity necessary to meet the requirements of the course (typically calculated as a function of the number of hours per week the class meets in the classroom)
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How Academia Works for Non-Academics 65 Understanding a program's curricula in terms of courses in each category at each level, and the potential availability of adding a small amount of airport-oriented content through additional material in some courses and larger enhancements in others will be most helpful for industry professionals wishing to contribute to the enhancement of academic curricula. Detailed information about a program's curriculum may be found on the program website or in the institution's course catalog.
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66 Enhancing Academic Programs to Prepare Future Airport Industry Professionals 2. Draft syllabus development.
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How Academia Works for Non-Academics 67 Faculty who fail to achieve a minimum acceptable standard of scholarship, usually determined by an established committee, are typically terminated at the end of their term. Clinical (or Practice)
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68 Enhancing Academic Programs to Prepare Future Airport Industry Professionals Visiting Professor Faculty with a limited-term contract (usually a 1-year appointment) and normally holding a doctorate are known as visiting professors.
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How Academia Works for Non-Academics 69 invite members from industry to participate in course delivery. Faculty members often reach out to industry members to seek and disseminate the industry's perspective to their class.
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70 C H A P T E R 6 Academic Opportunities A wide range of opportunities exists for members of the airport industry to contribute to the enhancement of academic programs for future airport professionals. For any academic program, successfully providing a technical or professional education requires at least some connection with the industry that their graduates are seeking to enter.
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Opportunities to Participate in the Academic Process 71 Example 2. Areas of Expertise.
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72 Enhancing Academic Programs to Prepare Future Airport Industry Professionals as well because they are giving back to the next generation, thereby doing their part to ensure a capable and knowledgeable future airport workforce. Although it is the responsibility of full-time faculty and administrators to formally create and schedule courses within a curriculum, as an adjunct faculty, you will have much control over the management and delivery of the classes to which you are assigned.
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Opportunities to Participate in the Academic Process 73 per year, quarterly conference calls, and perhaps the writing of white papers. Advisory board members are usually chosen at the discretion of the program chair.
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