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Faculty Development

Improving Support for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

Academic administrators are well aware that the faculty has changed dramatically, with 70 percent of the faculty now off the tenure track (52 percent part-time and 18 percent full-time, non–tenure track) (American Association of University Professors, 2018). This transformation of academic positions over the past three decades has created an

Jordan Harper and Adrianna Kezar, PhD December 1, 2025 No Comments

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Curriculum

On the Growth and Value of Interdisciplinary Studies

In fall 2016, there were 61 undergraduate students majoring in interdisciplinary studies at our university. By the fall of 2020, that number had risen to 315. This spring the program lists 460 majors. During the entire 2016–2017 academic year, we saw 55 students graduate with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary

Constance C. Relihan, PhD, and Zachary M. Hilpert, PhD November 24, 2025 No Comments