Mentoring is essential to faculty development and a hallmark of a thriving academic community. CAS is committed to providing meaningful mentoring experiences.
CAS Mentoring Expectations
The College expects Departments to form and implement effective mentoring committees for all promotable faculty. Their function is to advise on various local and discipline-specific aspects regarding the faculty member’s workload and progress towards tenure and/or promotion.
Effective faculty mentoring can cultivate a sense of faculty belonging, improve faculty retention, enhance collaborative learning, increase scholarship/creative activity productivity and teaching effectiveness, instill engagement and a sense of purpose within a unit, and overall build a community of care. The key word, of course, is “effective.” Effectiveness can be hard to define in advance of any given situation, but our aim is guiding departments and schools toward better practices for faculty mentorship.
College Responsibilities
- Share best/better faculty mentoring practices.
- Connect departments/schools with resources to support effective mentorship within their units.
- Collect, review, and store faculty mentoring policies for each department/school.
Questions?
Contact the Office of the Dean