Overview

Faculty mentoring plays an important role in faculty career success. We know that mentoring can address a number of the potential roadblocks to faculty. Mentoring offers an effective method for building one’s network, enhancing productivity, and developing a sense of belonging and support. Resources for mentoring include materials on effective mentoring and mutual mentoring.

AdvanceRIT has prepared a variety of tip sheets covering many topics, including effective communication, mentoring, and unconscious bias.

• Audism & Communicating with People Who Are DHH
• Establishing Meeting Ground Rules for Effective Communication in Meeting and on Teams

AdvanceRIT has prepared white papers that present research on a topic related to faculty concerns and pose potential solutions or strategies to mitigate these issues.

• Promotion to Full Professor (August 29, 2018)
• Conflict Resolution and Mediation Programs in Higher Education: Institutional Need, Benchmarking, Development, and Evaluation (May 1, 2017)
• Extended Length in Rank Among Associate Professors: The Problem, Its Implications, and Strategies to Address It (September 25, 2017)
• NSF ADVANCE Project: Resources on Barriers for Female STEM Faculty (November 5, 2013)
• Resources on the Effect of Department Climate on Faculty Satisfaction (October 22, 2013)
• RIT Faculty Evaluation Systems: Satisfaction Ratings and Best Practice Recommendations (June 26, 2014)

AdvanceRIT has prepared resources for faculty for navigating work and life and for getting established in the Rochester community.

• Resource Document for Busy Parents