faculty

The Importance of Faculty Transitions

The primary stages of a tenure track career are predictable, marked by a small number of highly significant transitions: the degree, an academic position, tenure, promotion, and retirement. Other momentous faculty transitions include changing institutions, shifting research directions, and stepping…

Why Some Faculty Choose Administration

Interest in administrative roles is often held with suspicion by academics. And yet, many high functioning faculty find themselves well-suited to leadership and wonder how they might do more. In fact, academic institutions and disciplines thrive only because of this…

What Changes at Promotion to Full Professor?

Does anything change at the promotion from Associate Professor to Full Professor? When asked, the first response of most faculty is “it’s just like any other day.” Some even feel that’s just the way it should be. For many faculty,…

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