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Addressing Faculty Development Across the Faculty Life Course:
New Faculty Orientation at the University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities, U.S.A.
Paper presented at the Institutional Management in Higher Education &
Universitas 21 Conference
September 3 & 4, 2007 – Paris, France
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• Faculty Development Literature• University of Minnesota Context• Central Factors• New Faculty Orientation Goals• Consultation• 2006 New Faculty Orientation
Participation
Overview of Presentation
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• Key Features• Assessment• Future - 2007 New Faculty Orientation
Overview of Presentation
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• Criticism of U.S. Higher EducationShift from public to private good (Altbach, 1997)
Lack of accountability (Finkelstein, in Altbach, 2001)
• Increasing workload (Finkelstein, in Altbach, 2001)
• Tension between collegiality and competition (Blackburn & Lawrence, 1995)
Literature Review
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• Increasing demands and stress on new faculty (Gappa et al., 2007)
• Importance of making strategic investments in faculty (Chaffee, 1998; Gappa et al., 2007; Sorcinelli, et al., 2006)
• Importance of investments in faculty development (Blackburn & Lawrence, 1995; Gappa et al., 2007)
Literature Review
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University of Minnesota Context
Comprehensive, public, research university
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University of Minnesota Context
Large campus in an urban setting
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University of Minnesota Context
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University of Minnesota Context
Second in size of student population (2006)
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University of Minnesota Context
100-150 new faculty each year; total faculty on Twin Cities campus:2,600
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• Minimal orientation for new faculty prior to 2006
• Faculty Culture Task Force report noted need for more connection to the University for faculty
University of Minnesota Context
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• Introduction to key information critical to early success
• Help in laying the groundwork for faculty socialization to University culture
• Importance of building faculty networks across and within disciplines
Three Central Factors for New Faculty Success
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• Providing community building and informal opportunities for interaction
• Introducing key University policies and practices
• Providing practical resources for teaching, research, and service
New Faculty Orientation Goals
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• Communicating the importance of mentoring
• Providing faculty contacts for new faculty
• Demonstrating importance of high quality teaching and learning
• Welcoming new faculty to University’s community of scholars and its research programs
New Faculty Orientation Goals
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• Twenty-five member advisory group
Faculty
Administrators
Staff
• Small working group
Consultation
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• 135 faculty invited to New FacultyOrientation
• 96 new faculty attended at leastone day of orientation
• 72 faculty attended all three daysof orientation
2006 New Faculty Orientation Participation
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• All new faculty introduced themselves on the first day of orientation.
• Multiple opportunities for interaction with each other, with presenters, and with other faculty
• Binder of key University information• Combination of large- and small-group
sessions
Key Features
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• Practical sessions on research, and teaching and learning
• Interaction with key University administrators – President, Provost, Senior Vice Presidents, ViceProvosts and Vice Presidents
• On each of three campus locations –one each day
Key Features
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• Year-long program of luncheons• E-mail address for any questions
–[email protected]–One point of contact for questions
and concerns• End-of-year Reunion Reception
Key Features
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• New Faculty Orientation - Daily and overall evaluationsOverall, very positiveAppreciated exposure to three-campus footprintTop sessions – promotion and tenure; libraries; teaching and learning, ice breakerFeedback – more interactive sessions (fewer “talking heads”)
• COACHEReaffirmed need for New Faculty Orientation – Lower levels of satisfaction relative to “Climate, Culture and Collegiality”Need for mentoring
Assessment
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• New Faculty StudyTwo cohorts of new faculty – 2005 and 2006Comparison between “non-treatment” and “treatment” groupsNeeds relative to skills, resources, support, mentoring, etc.Long-term impact of New Faculty orientation
Assessment
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• Sessions more interactive and hands on
• Increased choice of smaller break-out sessions versus large-group sessions
• Campus tour• Web site• Brochure
2007 New Faculty Orientation
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2007 New Faculty Orientation Brochure
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• Continuation of New Faculty Study• Ongoing assessment• Continuation of academic year
programming• Expansion of web site• Mid-career focus
Future
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Arlene Earley Carney, Vice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairs –[email protected]
Karen Zentner Bacig, Assistant to the Vice Provost – [email protected]
Robin Matross Helms, Coordinator for Faculty Awards – [email protected]
Contacts