Author: Rebecca Pope-Ruark I spend a lot of my time teaching faculty and academic leaders about burnout, which the World Health Organization (2019) defines as...
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Beyond Burnout: Small Shifts That Help Faculty Recharge and Refocus
Burnout in higher education is widespread and deeply felt. Faculty are teaching, mentoring, researching, and serving their institutions all at once. The workload rarely slows...
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From Isolation to Impact: The Role of Community in Securing Research Funding
Securing research funding has always required persistence, but for many faculty, the process now feels increasingly solitary and increasingly uncertain. Traditional sources of support, like federal grants,...
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Stop Going It Alone: How Academic Community Fuels Real Progress
Faculty life is often described as a balancing act. Teaching, research, service, and personal responsibilities compete for attention, and the instinct for many academics is...
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Closing the Year with Intention: Reflections Before Reset
Author: NCFDD As the academic year draws to a close, it is tempting to focus only on the next set of deadlines, the next proposal,...
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Rethinking Your Research Funding: A Conversation with Franco Montalto, PhD
Author: NCFDD Ahead of the start of our new Rethinking Your Research Funding course, we’re spotlighting the experts who helped shape the curriculum. Franco Montalto,...
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Rethinking Your Research Funding: A Conversation with Sabrina Noel, PhD, RD
Author: NCFDD Ahead of the start of our new Rethinking Your Research Funding course, we’re spotlighting the experts who helped shape the curriculum. Sabrina Noel,...
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Embracing Innovation in Academia: How Faculty Can Leverage AI Without Losing Their Voice
Author: NCFDD Artificial intelligence is reshaping higher education. Tools that can generate text, summarize sources, or analyze data are now freely available to anyone with...
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Every Semester Needs a Plan – Fall 2025
Facilitator: Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, PhDAssistant DeanTufts University Plan Your Most Productive—and Balanced—Semester Yet On-Demand Webinar Recording Did you start this semester with big writing goals—only to...
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Being Agile in Uncertain Times: Scrum Project Management for Faculty
Author: Rebecca Pope-Ruark, PhD As we enter this new academic year, we do so confronting a sea of change, concern, and uncertainty based on our...
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Why We Built a New Online Community for Academics
At NCFDD, we’ve spent the past 15 years building programs, tools, and resources to support faculty development at every career stage. But one thing we...
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Is It Time to Rethink Faculty Grant Support?
Faculty are navigating one of the most complex grant funding environments in recent memory. Federal priorities are shifting. Budgets are tightening. And competition for research...
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