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There will be a Council on Undergraduate Research institute focused on issues of faculty development for post-tenure faculty which will be held this spring, entitled Vital Faculty-Issues after Tenure. The workshop will be held at Cal State-Long Beach on February 22-24 and will bring together teams of three to five faculty members and administrators from institutions that are interested in creating or modifying current faculty development programs to reflect the need to continue to emphasize the faculty development of post-tenure faculty. The three days will consist of plenary lectures presented by facilitators associated with CUR interspersed with individual team meetings with CUR mentors. Nancy Mills from Trinity University (nmills@trinity.edu) and Glenn Nagel from CalState - Long Beach (gnagel@csulb.edu) will coordinate the Institute.

The workshop will begin with several plenary sessions focused on the evolution of faculty careers including the role of the institution in encouraging/rewarding faculty development post-tenure and the use of post-tenure reviews for both faculty development and assessment. Other plenary sessions on strategies for individual faculty development, such as the use of research collaborations and sabbaticals and using pedagogy as a vehicle for faculty development are interspersed with breakout sessions and meetings between the participating teams and facilitators. Institutional plans for the creation of a faculty development program that emphasizes the continuing growth of post-tenure faculty are the goal of the institute. Teams typically consist of at least one academic administrator and several interested faculty members.

The Institute is open to academics from all fields. Deadline for application is January 18, 2002. However, the CUR Institutes do fill up rapidly so apply early! The Institute begins at 1:00 pm on Friday and ends at noon on Sunday. Upon notification of acceptance, CUR will invoice your institution for the amount of $600 per accepted participant (CUR Institutional Members) or $700 (non-CUR Institutional Members). Information about CUR Institutional Membership may be obtained by visiting http://www.cur.org/membership.html. If you are not sure your school is an institutional member please check our list of members at http://www.cur.org/insmemf.asp (list is updated weekly). The registration fee includes all sessions, materials, housing (double occupancy, Friday and Saturday night), and meals (Friday evening through Sunday noon). Transportation to and from the hotel and the campus is included in the price. Transportation to Long Beach is the responsibility of the participants. The most convenient airport is Los Angeles (LAX).

Questions may be addressed to Nancy Mills, Glenn Nagel, or the CUR National Office (cur@cur.org or 202-783-4810). Enrollment is limited so apply early.

 

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