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SAM ADVANCED MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
Are We There Yet? Two Years And Counting
Susan Eisner
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Citation: Eisner, S. (2022). Are we there yet? Two years and counting. SAM Advanced Management Journal, 87(4),4-14.
Abstract
This paper seeks to contribute to the Innovation Management literature by surfacing novel challenges and impacts resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic that higher education faculty may be experiencing as many emerged in 2022 from some two years of pandemic-induced virtual learning delivery. Much has been published about the impact of that upending two years on students, administration, and institutions. In crafting strategies to manage these largely uncharted times it may be beneficial to similarly attend to and comprehend the pandemic period’s impact on faculty, about which there has been comparatively less coverage. That reality is the impetus for this paper which, to more fully illuminate that impact, shares observations and perspectives of faculty gathered firsthand during Spring 2022. Reported and considered within a framework provided by existing literature, this paper’s findings suggest that collaborative, shared governance may be a viable means for campuses seeking to collectively conceive and mount strategies which sustainability meet these unprecedented times. Recommendations are provided.
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