b'and those who didnt could move on asmotivations to teach, and progressionbelieves that CBE is just one iteration soon as they mastered competenciesfrom traditional to digital forms ofof the disruption and innovation Christina said. teaching, including CBE. She foundthat higher education faces, and that faculty were driven by a core setthat faculty are the most important She also observed that the key toof values and principles that broughtpeople in the process of making the success of CBE was the facultysthem to teaching, such as a love ofpositive change.understanding, support and ownershiptheir discipline, a love of sharing their of the new model. She noticedideas and expertise, and a humanI wanted to advance higher that some faculty thrived in CBE,connection with their students.education. I wanted to help my own while others struggled or resisted.She also found that when theyinstitution and potentially other She wanted to explore the reasonstransitioned to CBE, they had to findinstitutions deal with the fact that behind the different reactions and thenew ways to reconnect with thosechange and the pace of change implications for higher education. Hervalues and principles, and that somehas permanently changed. We are dissertation was titled Communitywere more successful than others. going to have to move faster, make College Faculty and Competency- decisions faster. And I think taking a Based Education: A Grounded Christinas research has implicationsprogram like Franklins DBA program, Theory Study. for how to support faculty inI knew, would position me to not only adopting new pedagogies andbe an expert in that space, but to be Christina conducted a qualitativetechnologies that are responsive toheard and to be respected enoughsurvey of community college faculty,the changing needs and expectationsto make those changes.asking them about their background,of students and employers. She I wanted to advance higher education. I wanted to help my own institution and potentially other institutions deal with the fact that change and the pace of change has permanently changed. Clocktower | Franklin Features 27'