Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Date of this Version
2013
Document Type
Article
Citation
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2013) 32
doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0032.008
Abstract
Recent reports indicate that at some colleges and universities, as many as one in three professors are age sixty or older. This increase in senior faculty raises the question of what institutions do to support this large and important cohort. Historically, faculty development programs have focused on early-career faculty, with less attention paid to more seasoned professors. Based on a national web-based investigation, this chapter reviews the strategies some institutions have implemented to support senior faculty. It also provides recommendations for how senior faculty and their administrator colleagues can provide new meaning and purpose to this phase of academic life.
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License: CC BY-NC-ND