While the chill in the air and changing leaves can make October the prettiest time of the fall semester, it’s also a time when students may be feeling especially homesick and stressed.In fact, over the years, Kent State University has designated October as Mental Health Awareness Month. It is consistently one of the busiest times of the year for Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS, the university’s on-site mental health provider, said Jennifer Knott, assistant director of CAPS.Kent State Today’s new series, “Golden Guide,” will highlight university departments and resources focused ...
Influencers
EHS is playing a big part in the 32nd Annual University Teaching Council Conference that celebrates college teaching. This year's theme: "Keeping Our Students at the Heart of Teaching in a Changing World." EHS faculty participants include:Roundtable 3: Andrew Wiley, Professor, Lifespan Dev & Educ Sciences, Kent Campus, "Using the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C/ID) Model to Promote Complex Learning: Teaching Specially Designed Instruction to Special Education Majors and Minors." Moderator: Lynne Guillot-Miller, Associate Professor, Lifespan Dev & Educ Sciences, Kent Campus...
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Full-Time Term or Temporary Faculty
Occasionally, full-time faculty may be hired on a temporary (year-to-year) basis, whose responsibilities are not primarily teaching, such as faculty who administer grants or whose sole funding comes from non-university funding. These faculty are not represented as part of a recognized bargaining unit but receive the same benefits as other full-time faculty. The employing department determines salaries and increases for this group. The same hiring practices are used as those for tenure-track and non-tenure track appointments.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Non-Tenure Track faculty are full-time faculty with benefits who are appointed annually and whose responsibilities are primarily teaching. Each non-tenure track faculty member will be placed in one of the following tracks: instructional, clinical, practitioner or research. They are represented by a unit of the Kent State United Faculty Association (KSUFA); therefore, their salary, benefit levels, faculty workload and distinctive terms and conditions of their employment are determined by the collective bargaining agreement.
Tenure-Track Faculty
Tenure-Track Faculty are expected to provide classroom instruction, engage in research and scholarship in their professional specialty, participate in academic advisement and mentoring functions for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the programs of the academic unit, and provide university and public service.
For much of Kent State's history, the state of Ohio was the university's primary funder. That era is gone, and it ended quietly, over decades, without many Ohioans noticing. Today, students and families bear the load the state once carried. When people ask why tuition costs what it costs, this is the answer no one talks about: Public universities didn't get expensive; their public funding declined.Kent State has responded the way Ohioans would want: by managing responsibly. The university does not run deficits. It does not draw on savings to balance a budget. It has made hard decisions, like c...
