improving the positive and productive climate in our academic workplaces.

Mission and Philosophy

Why and How We Should Choose Civility in Academic Workplaces

A positive and productive departmental climate can often seem like love. We might admire it from afar and wish we had that luck, although we can learn to cope by developing a hobby, lowering our expectations, or cultivating other relationships. We might blame our current unhappiness on our own mates

Patricia L. Kelly Spurles, PhD March 7, 2022 No Comments

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Faculty Development

Target Mentoring: A Tailored Mentoring Program for Faculty

t the University of Maine, my colleagues and I have conducted a lot of research on faculty mentoring. The campus-wide Rising Tide Center—funded originally by a National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant—has helped implement several kinds of mentoring programs across our campus, finding that a combination of mentoring programs is best

Susan K. Gardner, PhD February 21, 2022 No Comments