Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 69.35 |
Liaison | Mary Lucus |
Submission Date | March 14, 2016 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Belmont University
PA-7: Support for Future Faculty Diversity
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Mary
Lucus Director, IR Provost |
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Does the institution administer and/or participate in a program or programs to help build a diverse faculty that meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s programs that help increase the diversity of higher education faculty:
Belmont University has helped several faculty members in underrepresented groups complete terminal degrees with release time and/or financial support.
Belmont University’s Teaching Center is dedicated to improving the teaching skills of faculty. Established in 1994, Belmont’s Teaching Center grew out of the belief that teaching is a craft requiring much effort and reflection. The goals of the center are to:
Create an atmosphere where teaching is valued
Promote teaching as a primary form of scholarship
Encourage, assist and support faculty in their efforts to improve as teachers, to become active learners and to foster active student learning
To work toward these goals, the center sponsors a variety of activities and programs throughout the academic year and during the summer. For example, the center sponsors or supports:
Luncheon discussion groups
A newsletter called The Art of Teaching, published approximately four times a year
A year long orientation for new faculty, including the faculty mentor program for new faculty and a new faculty seminar
Individual teaching consultations
Midcourse formative feedback from students
Teaching time-out grants
Travel grants to attend conferences relevant to teaching
The use of instructional technology
A peer mentoring program
The use of teaching portfolios
Teaching workshops in
Faculty retreats
National faculty teaching and learning award nominations
Faculty Interest Groups, affectionately known as FIGs.
Book discussion groups
The website URL where more information about the faculty diversity program(s) is available :
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