Faculty Collaboration

• Post-tenure faculty development: An innovative process for post-tenure faculty development that will assist faculty in planning their research and teaching agendas, and that will make funds available for specific elements of those plans. Faculty will submit a three-to-five-year plan to their Dean of Faculty in conjunction with the application for a sabbatical leave, and will meet with the Dean to discuss goals and any funding or other support needed in order to achieve them. This grant from the Mellon Foundation will supplement institutional funds for faculty research and development, thereby enabling each college to make a real commitment to faculty career goals in the post-tenure years.
• Faculty exchanges: A program of faculty exchanges between and among colleges, for the purpose of reinvigorating faculty and their departments and programs. Each year, two faculty members from each institution will have the opportunity to teach a course at one of the other institutions. We expect that most of the exchanges will take place between the nearby pairs of institutions -- Colgate/Hamilton and Skidmore/Union. The visitors will be expected to be active participants in the life of the host colleges, and to share their experiences with their home institutions upon their return. As an incentive to full involvement, participants will be released from two courses and all service obligations at the home institutions for the full period of the exchange.
• Collaborative programs: An opportunity for faculty at the four institutions to propose and implement collaborative programs such as workshops and colloquia on disciplinary or interdisciplinary topics. The consortium will also implement a four-college speakers bureau to allow the colleges to draw upon faculty expertise at the other institutions for guest lectures.