The Academic Futures subcommittees are submitting to campus some of the compelling ideas that have emerged from combined campus input over the fall semester.听These ideas arose from white papers, town hall meetings, unit-based meetings and themed discussions.听
In the fourth part of a multipart Academic Futures video series, Fernando Rosario-Ortiz, associate professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, is asking听for your feedback on a set of ideas the faculty success subcommittee has coalesced around. This is your opportunity to weigh in on these ideas, submitting feedback by June 1.听
- How do we recruit diverse faculty and then support and encourage them to contribute to a diverse learning environment? What kind of programs do we need to develop or modify to help in this process?
- What can we do to guarantee that every member of the faculty feels as part of the same community, all working toward a shared vision and goals?
- What if we reimagine how faculty are evaluated? This includes developing a framework to better define what excellence in teaching means. Also, does it make sense for us to continue looking at research and teaching as two independent evaluation criteria?听How do we best evaluate faculty who are doing multidisciplinary work?
- How do we better engage research faculty and integrate them into the overall mission of the university?
