Faculty Career Enhancement Information

Four Upstate New York educational institutions -- Colgate, Hamilton, Skidmore, and Union -- undertook a planning process in 2002-03 to address faculty career isues and to seek collaborative solutions. Each school gathered a committee of faculty and administrators who surveyed faculty, convened focus groups, and discussed ways in which the colleges, individually and collectively, could support and enhance faculty careers. This process was supported by a planning grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The Mellon Foundation has generously provided funds for an assortment of new initiatives, including an innovative process for post-tenure faculty development to assist faculty at mid-career with their teaching and research; a program of faculty exchanges among the schools in the Mellon grant group; and the chance to implement other collaborative programs, including a speakers bureau.