Training University Professors : An Overview
In our universities, the prospect of hiring a significant number of new professors offers an ideal opportunity to revisit the existing training and support structures for these novices, little prepared to face the demands of their metaprofession. Training programs have been in place for three decades and analysis shows that the transformative model, developed from a perspective of continuing and collaborative education and expanded to the professional dimension, has replaced the previous additive model. A preliminary exploration of Internet sites of 48 universities and their training centres provides an overview of the training of university professors in a number of countries.