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Book SynopsisFaculty recruitment is a major expense for colleges and universities, and schools devote a considerable amount of their resources to the hiring process. But many of these institutions fail to devote the same attention to retaining college professors. We've learned through many studies that it's far less expensive to retain a student you have than to recruit a new one. Why is this lesson not also applied to the college faculty? This book addresses why higher education currently has a faculty retention problem and then explores the strategies needed to address that problem. But now all faculty members are alike. Minority faculty members have their own retention challenges, as do highly competitive researchers, part-time and temporary faculty members who excel at teaching, and other ley groups. The best ways to retain the junior faculty are not necessarily the best ways to retain mid-career and senior faculty. By examining best practices currently in place in higher education, and then
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Retaining Your Best College Professors is a must-read book for anyone who works in academia. Faculty members' retention has gained more significance lately, and we all need to be on top of it. Administrators who work at colleges and universities should be encouraged to focus on this important topic. I agree with the recommendations of the book and believe that all schools should adopt them. Jeffrey L. Buller succeeds in summarizing what needs to be done clearly and concisely. As in all his other books, he gets to the heart of the matter in an easily understandable manner.
-- Amal Alaboud, Assistant Professor of Translation Studies, Taif University
As a department chair, graduate program director, and director of a school for thirty-three years, I
cannot agree more with Jeffrey’s Buller’s assessment of the importance of retaining your best and
most competent faculty. The strategies Buller describes in this book will go far in accomplishing this
goal. Retaining you best college professors is, indeed, a challenge that all administrators in academia
face, and it is becoming more difficult every day to retain the best of the best.
-- Domenick J. Pinto, Vice President, University Academic Assembly, Sacred Heart University
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Faculty Retention Problem
Chapter 2. Retaining a Diverse Faculty
Chapter 3. Best Practices in Onboarding and Orientation
Chapter 4. Providing Support at Critical Points
Chapter 5. Promoting Faculty Engagement
Chapter 6. Part-Time Faculty, Adjuncts, and Full-Time Temps
Chapter 7. Creating a Culture of Hiring and Retaining the Best
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