Keeping Faculty [Happy]: The Critical Role of a Faculty Center in Developing and Retaining Quality, Collegial Faculty

Authors

  • Jace Hargis University of the Pacific

Keywords:

Higher Education, Faculty Retention, Faculty Centers

Abstract

This paper describes an innovative approach to retaining happy and healthy faculty members in a collegial, productive teaching and learning environment. A major portion of the paper shares how the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning plays a significant role in the faculty interview process, new faculty orientation, and subsequent mentoring of new faculty into a collegial environment that supports aligning research with instruction.

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Published

2010-01-01