Author: NCFDD Teaching has always required faculty to make many decisions about what students need to learn and how to help them get there. Those decisions have become more complicated as expectations around technology, assessment, student support, and course design continue to change. Faculty are being asked to respond while still managing the day-to-day work … Read more
There are plenty of ways to spend more time on teaching. You can add another reading, create another resource, leave more comments on student work, redesign a lecture, answer email late into the evening, or add another office hour. Some of that work may help students. Some of it may simply add more to your … Read more
A Community of Mentors: Building Scholars, Developing Leaders Let’s Talk at SREB 2026. 📍 October 29 – 31, 2026 | Arlington, VA Academic leaders are being asked to do more with less, support faculty through rapid change, and build institutional cultures that can sustain both performance and well-being over the long term. Those are exactly … Read more
Author: NCFDD Artificial intelligence has become a regular part of conversations about productivity in higher education. From drafting emails to organizing research materials, AI tools offer opportunities to complete certain tasks more efficiently. For faculty balancing teaching, research, service, and administrative responsibilities, the possibility of getting some time back is appealing. Yet the relationship between … Read more
For faculty, one of the most immediate questions raised by generative AI is also one of the most familiar: How do I know what my students actually learned? That question has always been central to assessment, but AI has changed some of the evidence faculty have traditionally relied on to answer it. A polished essay, … Read more
What 1,659 Faculty Say About AI in Higher Education Faculty are already changing assignments, reconsidering how students demonstrate learning, experimenting with new tools, and making decisions about where AI fits in their work. Faculty Perspectives on AI in Higher Education draws on a survey of 1,659 faculty members and academic administrators to examine how AI … Read more
Finding a research funding opportunity that seems relevant to your work can create an immediate sense of possibility. The topic fits. The award could support something important. The deadline is close enough that applying feels realistic. But relevance alone does not make an opportunity worth pursuing. Faculty often have to decide whether a proposal is … Read more
Facilitator: Jolie Sheffer, PhDAssociate Dean and ProfessorBowling Green State University Approach philanthropic funding with a clearer understanding of what foundations look for, how they make decisions, and how researchers can build stronger relationships with funders. On-Demand Webinar Recording Foundation funding can create valuable new opportunities for your research. But pursuing philanthropic funding is different from … Read more
Author: NCFDD At the beginning of a semester, it can be relatively easy to see where you want your time to go. You may have a manuscript you want to finish, a research project you want to move forward, or a professional goal you have been meaning to make room for. Before the semester fills … Read more
Authors: Carlton E. Green & Jazmin P. Pichardo Faculty are teaching in a moment when political violence, campus protests, and polarized public discourse regularly enter the classroom. Students and colleagues turn to faculty as trusted educators and mentors to help make sense of what has happened. What faculty do with that trust shapes both learning … Read more