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Faculty Engagement Initiatives: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education

Explore the evolving roles of faculty and administrators in academia, focusing on faculty forums, financial needs, campus space, communications, and retention strategies. Delve into issues such as growth, teaching, research, and service priorities, along with potential solutions for faculty development and student success.

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Faculty Engagement Initiatives: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education

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  1. Chancellor’s Administrative Policy Council Ro Di Brezzo December 6, 2010

  2. By Way of Introductions • Exercise Science/Director of HPL • Little known fact…

  3. Chair of Faculty Senate • Tendency to react • Established Initiatives • Faculty Involvement

  4. Initiatives • Representing the “voice of the faculty” • Academic Integrity • Course Evaluations

  5. ResearcherChecking It Out • No position on a college campus that has changed more dramatically than that of Dean In last 10 years moved from directly overseeing student activity- curriculum- personnel Serious involvement in fund-raising 1980 average tenure 12-15 years 2009 average tenure 5 years

  6. Role of Faculty • Conversely the role of faculty stayed static • Teaching • Research • Service • Perhaps more emphasis on research/funding in some disciplines

  7. Hosted Faculty Forums • November 11th & 17th • Total of 175 faculty • 75-100 E-mails

  8. Categories/ Concerns Money Space Communications Retention Growth

  9. Money/Resources And More Money

  10. Money • Salaries • Dr. Gearhart’s initiative • Merit Pay • Stipends GA/TA • Not competitive- hurts recruiting • Start up packages • Travel Money • Financial needs of students • Single Parents

  11. Space • Classrooms • Labs • Supplies • Equipment • Offices/ Conference Rooms • Educational access

  12. Communications • Evaluation of faculty • Evaluation of Chairs/Heads • How decisions are passed along from Deans to faculty • Open/Closed doors • Part of the solution vs problem • Not part of the discussion

  13. Retention • Faculty feel as though they know students yet the perception is we added ‘adjunct’ help not more faculty. • Students don’t know they don’t know how to study • Exposure to professors in major area sooner in their career • FYE/ Intro to discipline

  14. Growth the Good News • Clearly has allowed us to add significant number of faculty for the first time in almost 20 years.

  15. GrowthOverwhelming Concern • For some of the faculty, growth and retention are at odds with each other. • Eg. Larger classes • Attendance • Advising • Honors students

  16. Growth by Design • Raise grade point average • Respond to the needs of state • Develop areas of potential impact • Gerontology • Sustainability • Graduate vs Undergraduate • If there is a ‘big picture’ faculty don’t see it

  17. Odds & Ends • Increase in paperwork • Reports decentralized/resources centralized • Feeling of doing more with less • Clinical track or tenure track • Faculty vs. Administrative growth • On-line programs • Fear of losing a line if tenure not awarded • Accrediting agencies

  18. Generating Alternatives • Higher Tuition • Attendance policy • Better prepared TA/GAs • Teach a large class help with GA • Post tenure review • Merit Raise to high performers • Incentive grants • Joint ventures with different depart/college

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