Faculty Affairs Practices for Holistic Faculty Success

Faculty Affairs Practices for Holistic Faculty Success

By Reema Zeineldin

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What is this book about?

  • What is the definition of holistic faculty success?
  • How do faculty affairs practitioners at higher education institutions (HEIs) support holistic faculty success?
  • What are the practices by HEIs to enhance faculty retention?
  • What are some practices to improve crediting faculty workload?
  • How do HEIs support the subjective dimension of faculty success like sense of belonging, well-being, and satisfaction?
  • How do HEIs support the objective aspects like faculty review, promotion, tenure, and other?
  • How do faculty affairs practitioners assess holistic faculty success?

This book standardizes the definition of faculty success by proposing a new conceptual model for the definition that is grounded in career theory with utilizing three lenses, one for the individual faculty member, another for the institution, and a third for the higher education sector. The book focuses on the second lens: What a higher education institution should do to support holistic faculty success. Case studies by colleagues showcase various practices at different types of institutions to support specific aspects of holistic faculty success.

Who is this book for?

  • Administrators, leaders and staff who manage and govern faculty affairs
  • Faculty members
  • Faculty senates, unions, and representing entities
  • Professionals who care about faculty affairs
  • Accreditors updating standards on faculty to ensure institutional effectiveness
Chapter 1: Defining Holistic Faculty Success Through Three Lenses Based on Career Theory         
 
Chapter 2: Crediting Faculty Workload
 
Case study 2.1: Addressing Faculty Workload Fairness: The Faculty Workload and Rewards Project       
Dawn Culpepper, KerryAnn O’Meara, Joya Misra, and Audrey Jaeger
 
Chapter 3: Enhancing Faculty Retention
 
Chapter 4: Supporting the Subjective Dimension of Faculty Success Including Sense of Belonging, Well-Being, and Satisfaction
 
Case Study 4.1: Fostering a Sense of Belonging to Support Faculty Success: A Faculty Fellows Program at an HBCU 
Terrell L. Strayhorn
 
Case study 4.2: Centering Cultural Humility in a Mid-Career Faculty Workshop at a Large Public, R1 Institution
Cirleen DeBlaere and Corrie L. Davis
 
Case study 4.3: Development, Dissemination, and Implementation of a Faculty Wellness Initiative at a Large Public, R1 Institution
Cirleen DeBlaere and Corrie L. Davis
 
Case study 4.4: A Work Life Office Within Office of the Provost to Support Faculty and Staff
Grace Cosachov-Protos
 
Case study 4.5: Promoting a Culture of Care: A Case Study on the Efficacy of Administrators as the Fulcrum for Faculty Support
Myra Washington
 
Case study 4.6: How Can I Help? A Framework and Practical Resources for Supporting Faculty Renewal
Jennifer H. Herman
 
Chapter 5: Supporting the Objective Dimension of Faculty Success Including Review, Promotion, Tenure, and Other Aspects
 
Case study 5.1: The Writing Salon: a Program at the Nexus of Early- and Mid-Career Faculty Advancement Initiatives        
Autumn Rain and Niyati Parekh
 
Case study 5.2: Eliminating Bias While Evaluating Scholarly Work for Promotion and Tenure
Mangala Subramaniam
 
Case Study 5.3: Demystifying Personnel Actions Through Faculty-Targeted File Preparation Sessions
Gordon Alley-Young and Cynthia Olvina
 
Case study 5.4: Orienting Promotion and Tenure Committees Using Specific Trainings
Tera. R. Jordan
 
Case study 5.5: Grounded in Policy, Guided by Equity: Training Evaluators for Retention, Tenure, and Promotion at San José State University
Magdalena L. Barrera
 
Chapter 6: Responding to Challenges in Higher Education
 
Chapter 7: Institutional Assessment of Holistic Faculty Success
 
Case study 7.1: Formative and Summative Evaluation of Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Success of Minoritized Faculty Within an Alliance of Three State Universities
Kimberly E Fox, Jeremiah Johnson, and Reema Zeineldin
 
Chapter 8: Challenges to Faculty Success Around the World
 
Case study 8.1: Challenges for Faculty Success in Palestinian  Universities Under Israeli Occupation
Radwan Barakat and Reema Zeineldin
 
 
Chapter 9: Transforming Faculty Affairs to Support Holistic Faculty Success
 
Case study 9.1: Creating a Sense of Belonging Within Faculty Affairs Offices
Teresa Mastin
 
Case study 9.2: Building Trust Through Collaborative Change: A Model for Faculty Affairs Led Transformations
Andi Clemons

Reviews

Building on her pioneering first book on faculty affairs, Reema Zeineldin turns in this volume to what lies at the heart of our work: faculty success. Drawing on research on academic careers, she introduces a thoughtful framework for understanding faculty success at the individual, institutional, and higher-education sector levels, and pairs it with practical case studies. As someone who works in faculty affairs, I found this book both insightful and highly practical. Its ideas will be valuable to leaders and practitioners working at institutions of all types—public and private, research and teaching focused—who are committed to creating environments where faculty can thrive.

— Bárbara González, PhD, Assistant to the Provost, Northern Illinois University

Reema offers an inclusive definition of faculty success, grounded in theory and reflecting the contemporary realities of the range of faculty in the academy, their array of responsibilities, and possible career trajectories anchored in student success. Incorporating voices from across institution types, this book’s essence centers on creating and learning from faculty-administrator endeavors that promote purpose, well-being, trust, collaboration, fairness, and courage in support of the academy and society’s ideals. This book is a resource for institutions and administrators committed to supporting holistic faculty success and fostering environments where faculty feel a sense of belonging, have agency to design high-impact practices that support students, and provide professional fulfillment. It is about co-creating a professoriate where all can flourish.

— Yves Salomon-Fernández, PhD, President, Urban College of Boston