article thumbnail

Faculty Job Search Series & more graduate careers and professional development updates

CAPD

CAPD’s team devoted to graduate student career and professional development has been busy this semester. About the Faculty Job Search Series Our Faculty Job Search Series, a year-long suite of programs designed to support graduate students and postdocs with their faculty job search, is underway.

article thumbnail

Why Community Colleges Are Smart Choices for Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Faculty members are sometimes questioned about their choice to teach at a community college rather than at other higher education institutions. Community college faculty are usually prepared to respond to these questions, with varying reasons for their career choice.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

New Professional Development Certificates for PhDs and Postdocs

CAPD

Applications open Monday, October 16th We are excited to announce that applications open Monday for two new professional development certificate programs for PhDs and postdocs for AY 2023-2024: the Research Mentoring Certificate and the Grant Writing Training Certificate.

article thumbnail

Faculty-Student Partnerships in Curriculum Design and Review

The Scholarly Teacher

Reprinted with permission. Background As faculty, our (Assif and Kim) collaboration started during COVID. We saw each other on camera during virtual pedagogical or professional development events hosted by our institution and heard each other’s names at teaching-related initiatives.

Faculty 200
article thumbnail

Panel Takes On Higher Ed Burnout

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation, faculty and staff burnout is a major problem in higher education. A 2022 Gallup poll found that educators reported the highest level of burnout of any industry , and 35% of college and university workers reported “always” or “very often” feeling burned out at work.

article thumbnail

President’s corner: Katherine Frank, the “curator” of today’s most innovative cross-sector partnerships

University Business

This past fall, the polytechnic launched an apprenticeship certificate that breached uncharted waters between a higher education institution and the state Department of Workforce Development. UW-Stout’s initiatives are supported by three pillars: the K12 space, the technical college sector and business/industry.

Industry 116
article thumbnail

Roueche Center Forum: A View from the Maricopa Community College District

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million credit and non-credit students for the 2021-22 academic year; the need to retain top talent among faculty and staff continues to grow. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, our nation had over 1,000 public, tribal, and independent community colleges enrolling 10.2