Webinar
Campus Innovations for Supporting Non-Tenure Track Faculty
March 21, 2022
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The Delphi Award, given in partnership by AAC&U and the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California (USC), recognizes two campuses each year for outstanding innovation in creating institutional change to support non-tenure-track faculty. This webinar showcased the winners of the 2021 Delphi Award: the University of Denver and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Panelists discussed how they created policies and practices to support contingent faculty at their institutions, including tenure-track faculty lines for teaching, multiyear contracts for non-tenure track faculty, and participation in campus governance. In addition to guiding the discussion, moderators from AAC&U and USC provided background on the Delphi Award and application information for interested campuses.
Resources
- Webinar PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
- "Teaching and Professional Faculty" (link to University of Denver website)
- “Institutionalizing a Culture of Respect for Teaching and Professional Faculty” (PDF; white paper by Laura E. Sponsler)
- The Teaching and Professional Faculty Lifecycle: An Aspirational Model for the Onboarding and Mentoring of Teaching & Professional Faculty (link to University of Denver website)
Moderators
Ashley Finley
Vice President for Research and Senior Advisor to the President, AAC&U
Adrianna Kezar
Wilbur Kieffer Endowed Professor and Dean’s Professor of Leadership, Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, and Director of the Delphi Project, University of Southern California
Panelists
Kristin Boudreau
Professor of English and Former Chair of the Committee on Governance, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tanja Dominko
Professor of Biology and Biotechnology and Former Secretary of the Faculty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Mark W. Richman
Secretary of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Laura E. Sponsler
Clinical Associate Professor, Higher Education, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver
Alison Staudinger
Director of Faculty Development and Career Advancement, University of Denver
Kate Willink
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Communication, University of Denver