1. ACADEMIC CULTURE F ULBRIGHT G ATEWAY O RIENTATION P ROGRAM S UMMER 2011 S UE F AERMAN V ICE P ROVOST FOR U NDERGRADUATE E DUCATION

2. Welcome! Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program Academic Culture  In the Classroom  In Your Interactions with Faculty Advisors and Mentors

3. Welcome! Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program Culture Defined 5 a: the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group … c: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization … Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary A pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well enough to be considered valid and, therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way you perceive, think, and feel in relation to those problems. Schein, E.H. Organizational Culture and Leadership, 4 th ed.

4. Welcome! Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program Dimensions of Societal Culture  Power Distance Index  Uncertainty Avoidance Index  Individualism – Collectivism  Masculinity – Femininity  Long- vs. Short-term Orientation Hofstede, Geert (2001) Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations

5. Welcome! Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program Impact of Societal Culture on Organizational Culture  Behavior and Artifacts  Values  Assumptions and Beliefs Schein, Edgar (2010) Organizational Culture and Leadership

6. Welcome! Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program Academic Culture in Your Classes  Learn from the Syllabus  Class Participation  Use of Electronic Devices  Laptops  Cell phones and PDAs  Other policies, e.g., study groups and collaborative learning  Use Your Professors’ Office Hours

7. Welcome! Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program Academic Culture outside Your Classes  Understanding Departmental Expectations (“learning the ropes”)  Identifying and Communicating with Advisors and Mentors (not all relationships are created equally)  Making Decisions about Your Career

8. Welcome! Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program Establishing an Effective Relationship with a Mentor  Find someone with same/similar academic interests  Discuss expectations regarding your academic career  Clarify appropriate times and means of communication

9. Welcome! Fulbright Gateway Orientation Program Resources oDepartmental Degree Manuals oGraduate Student Offices oUniversity-level Writing Centers oUniversity-level Ombudspeople ohttp://www.gradresources.org/articles/prof_ grad.shtmlhttp://www.gradresources.org/articles/prof_ grad.shtml ohttp://www.rackham.umich.edu/downloads/ publications/mentoring.pdfhttp://www.rackham.umich.edu/downloads/ publications/mentoring.pdf