72.034 - Faculty Development in Liberal Arts Colleges: Mentoring, Programming, and Contexts

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium features three research papers from The Initiative for Faculty Development in Liberal Arts Colleges, based on data from the 13 member institutions of the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA). Papers will focus on three critical aspects of faculty development in liberal arts colleges: 1) mentoring relationships and outcomes, 2) the role of academic departments in faculty development and support, and 3) the disconnect between faculty interests, administrative priorities, and institutional programming. Participants will acquire knowledge of current challenges to faculty success in the context of liberal arts colleges, as well as evidenced-based suggestions for improvements to policy and practice.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Division J - Section 4: Faculty, Curriculum, and Teaching

Chair

• Karley Riffe, University of Georgia

Papers

• Protégés, Mentors, and Job Satisfaction: Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges - Laura G. Lunsford, The University of Arizona

• Departmental Contexts of Faculty Development in Liberal Arts Colleges - Meghan Pifer, Widener University

• Systems Alignment for Comprehensive Faculty Development in Liberal Arts Colleges - Vicki Baker, Albion College

Discussant

• Ann E. Austin, Michigan State University