On many campuses, mentoring is widely valued but loosely defined. It’s often left to individual departments or informal pairings, without much structure or accountability. While...
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Mentoring Gaps with Real Consequences: Who’s Affected and What Institutions Should Know
Author: NCFDD Mentoring is widely recognized as essential to faculty success, but not all faculty experience it as effective or equitable. In our recent collaboration...
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Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Approaches for Academic Leaders
Watch the Recording: Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Approaches for Academic Leaders Facilitator:Lisa Hanasono, PhD ProfessorBowling Green State University Panelists:Alison Joan Murray Levine, PhDCorinne Castro, PhDMary...
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Why Faculty Mentoring Still Isn’t Working (And What We Can Do About It)
Author: NCFDD If you ask most faculty whether mentoring matters, the answer is almost always yes. But if you ask whether their mentoring experiences are...
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Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Research Funding Strategies
Watch the Recording: Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Research Funding Strategies Facilitator:Lisa Hanasono, PhDProfessorBowling Green State University Panelists:Franco Montalto, PhDNdidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, PhDJolie Sheffer, PhD Real-world strategies...
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Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Strategies for Faculty
Watch the Recording: Navigating Uncertainty in Higher Ed: Strategies for Faculty Facilitator: Lisa Hanasono, PhDProfessorBowling Green State University Discover Strategies to Navigate Challenges and Take Action...
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Top 5 Priorities for Faculty Success
Actionable Insights to Help Your Institution Lead, Support, and Sustain Faculty Success in 2025 Learn the five critical areas where institutions can empower faculty to...
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Faculty Retention: Enhanced Professional Development Strategies for Higher Education
Unlock the Insights Behind Faculty Retention and Success Get our research-driven report designed to help institutions strengthen faculty engagement, satisfaction, and retention. Faculty success isn’t...
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Post-Tenure Pathways
Author: Kerry Ann Rockquemore, PhD Originally posted on Inside Higher Ed. Recent news documenting the unhappy state of associate professors was unsurprising to me. I travel to...
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It Takes a Village, or Maybe Just a Good, Strong Bicycle Wheel: Supporting Dual-Career Families
Author: Elizabeth Ancarana, PhD. Dual-career matters have become such a significant component of faculty recruitment and retention that you can’t talk about one without the...
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