Author: Laura Portwood-Stacer When attempting to publish an academic book, it can feel as if so many factors are beyond your control. Will an acquiring...
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What Actually Helps Faculty Make Progress in the Summer
Summer has a way of creating big expectations. By the end of the spring semester, it’s easy to imagine finally having time to focus on...
Read More Faculty Development at Research Universities: What UTRGV’s Experience Reveals
Author: NCFDD Faculty development has become a growing priority at research universities as expectations around scholarship, mentoring, leadership, teaching, and research productivity continue expanding across...
Read More How AI Is Expanding Faculty Roles and Expectations
For many faculty, conversations about AI in higher education initially centered on teaching. How should instructors respond when students use generative AI tools in assignments?...
Read More Why Academic Writing Productivity Breaks Down in the Summer
Many faculty enter summer expecting academic writing productivity to return once the semester ends. Instead, summer often becomes a period of fragmented attention, stalled projects,...
Read More How to Choose the Right Faculty Development Opportunities This Summer
Author: NCFDD Summer can feel deceptively open at first. The semester ends, meetings slow down, and many faculty finally have room to think about the...
Read More What Is Faculty Development?
Faculty development is often described as professional development for faculty. While technically accurate, that definition no longer captures the full scope of what development includes....
Read More How to Plan a Productive Summer Without Burning Out
As we continue the Summer of Faculty Development series, one thing becomes clear quickly: summer rarely feels as open as faculty expect it to. After...
Read More 5 Ways Institutions Can Support Faculty Research Momentum
Faculty research often slows during the semester, even when there is strong commitment and clear goals in place. Teaching, meetings, and administrative responsibilities gradually take...
Read More Why “Catching Up” on Research Over the Summer Rarely Works
Author: NCFDD In this Summer of Faculty Development blog series, we keep coming back to one plan most faculty have made at some point: using...
Read More Why Faculty Feel Behind Before the Semester Even Ends
Author: NCFDD Academic productivity often feels hardest to sustain late in the semester. If you’ve caught yourself thinking, “I thought I’d be further along by...
Read More How Faculty Lose Research Momentum (and How to Get It Back)
Author: NCFDD There’s a point in the semester when research starts to feel harder to return to. Not because the work isn’t important, and not...
Read More Managing Stress by Shifting Self-Talk
Author: Elizabeth Odders-White, PhD We all know how challenging life in academia can be, and it seems to get harder every year. The intense and...
Read More What Productive Faculty Do Differently at the Start of the Week
Author: NCFDD For many faculty, Monday begins in reaction mode. Emails pile up. Meetings take over the calendar. Urgent requests quickly set the tone for...
Read More Faculty Development Support Is Now Essential for Institutional Stability
For many years, faculty development was positioned as enrichment. Valuable, but optional. Helpful, but not central. Something institutions offered to support individual growth rather than...
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