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A Practitioner's Guide to Faculty Affairs
About this book
This book aims to define and establish faculty affairs as a discipline within higher education, offering practical recommendations and guidance on how to effectively support academic personnel.
Leading with a comprehensive exploration of faculty affairs and its scope, this book responds to existing needs in the field by covering how to appraise the status of faculty affairs within an institution, determine the risks and rewards of creating a faculty affairs unit, chart the planning measures necessary for execution, and more. Worksheets, practical tips, and chapter objectives give readers the opportunity to account for their own unique context and tailor approaches for maximum impact. Carefully selected case studies showcase excellent faculty affairs work across institution types for a wide range of guiding models.
This premier guidebook is intended for leaders and staff engaged in the management and administration of faculty affairs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Scope and status of faculty affairs
- 2 Definitions: Faculty and higher education institutions
- 3 Faculty staffing planning
- 4 Beyond “post and pray”: Faculty recruitment
- 5 Faculty hiring and onboarding
- 6 Faculty mentorship, development, and connections
- 7 Faculty workload
- 8 Faculty personnel actions
- 9 Enhancing communication with faculty
- 10 Faculty recognition
- 11 Faculty separation and retirement
- 12 Faculty success
- 13 Faculty consultations and complaints
- 14 Leadership development of faculty
- 15 Diversity, equity, and inclusion in faculty affairs
- 16 Budget and resources for faculty affairs
- 17 The role of faculty affairs in supporting VITAL faculty on campus
- 18 Faculty affairs internal collaborations and partnerships
- 19 Assessments of faculty affairs functions
- 20 Faculty affairs in community colleges
- 21 Faculty affairs units and practitioners
- List of contributors
- Index
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