Strategy 2 Stories: Developing and Recognizing Our People
2. Enhance professional development opportunities for faculty, students, and staff.
The narratives below define and bring clarity to what each of the University Strategic Goals means to Academic Affairs. The narratives express our values and beliefs, and create a context to guide implementation efforts. To learn more about the specific strategies and tactics involved in developing and recognizing our people, please view our Academic Affairs Strategic Plan.
In a partnership between Academic Affairs and Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Kent State has an institutional membership with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). NCFDD offers a faculty success program that provides mentoring across a variety of disciplines and from a variety of universities to help junior faculty plan for promotion and tenure or more seasoned faculty launch new interests.
Provost Fellow: The Provost's fellowship provides faculty members who have an interest in academic administration. The program provides the opportunity to to develop knowledge, skills and experience as an administrator; to understand practices and procedures in academic administration; to extend and strengthen the administrative resources of the university; to assist in the development and implementation of projects in key areas; and to provide ongoing faculty involvement and input into the activities of the Office of the Provost.
Regional Campus Fellow: In its inaugural year of 2013–2014, the Regional Campus Fellow is a one semester appointment that allows a Regional Campus faculty member to learn more about Regional Campus and University administration.
College Fellow: Some colleges have elected to appoint college fellows. For example, the CCI Administrative Fellowship program is designed to introduce CCI faculty members to the activities and responsibilities of college office administration. At the beginning of the term of appointment, the Administrative Fellow meets with the Dean to develop a schedule of eight hours per week to be spent in the Fellowship activities.
To help faculty develop leadership skills for future administrative positions, the Provost’s Office is sponsoring participation in key external leadership programs listed below.
- Harvard Institutes for Higher Education: The Harvard Institutes for Higher Education offers a vibrant portfolio of leadership development programs designed for higher education administrators—from directors, department heads and deans to vice presidents, provosts and presidents. Provost Todd Diacon and Associate Provost Melody Tankersley attended sessions during the summer of 2014.
- HERS Wellesley Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration: HERS (Higher Education Resource Services) is an educational non-profit providing leadership and management development for women in higher education administration. Started in 1978, the HERS Wellesley Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration has brought approximately 70 women faculty and administrators from all regions of the country to Wellesley College each year for a series of four inter-related weekend seminars. Amoaba Gooden, Swathi Ravichandran, and Susan Emens attended this training during the summer of 2014.
- ACE Leadership Programs: ACE provides a series of leadership development programs for university executives, department chairs, and more general programs for administrative development. Denise Seachrist and Christine Havice participated in ACE programs during 2014.
