Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

many non-academic roles. Thispaper describes results from a study of WPI tenure-track faculty who led student groups offcampus during the probationary period prior to their tenure decision. Findings suggest thatdespite considerable demands of these assignments, early-career faculty experienced a variety ofprofessional development benefits from their participation, including benefits to research andscholarly activity. Faculty who participated in off-campus advising prior to tenure receivedtenure at a higher rate than the campus average.BackgroundFaculty-led experiential programs are an increasingly popular educational strategy, particularlyfor providing international experiences to STEM students1. Involvement in such programsrequires faculty to