A few weeks ago (ok, almost three months now – HOW IS IT ALREADY JUNE), Michael Bérubé wrote “A New Model of Tenure” here at IHE, calling for a “teacher track” for more teaching-intensive positions.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, almost three-quarters of instructors in America’s higher education system were contingent faculty. Colleges and universities have increasingly relied on them as a ...

The Chronicle has a piece this week by Beckie Supiano exploring the possibilities of universities offering permanent and/or tenured “teaching track” faculty positions. The idea has been around for a ...

J ennifer Wong-Ma had a tenure-track job in computer science more than a decade ago at Stony Brook University. But she found herself more interested in her teaching than in her research. A few years ...

Dear Faculty Relations: I love to teach, and I know this is my primary responsibility as a teaching professor, but should I try to keep investing in my research agenda? —Research Active Teaching Prof ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Department of Computer Science begins its fifth year of an ambitious hiring initiative by welcoming three tenure-track faculty members and five teaching-track faculty. This ...

For my latest Chronicle article, I reported on the potential — and possible pitfalls — of the career tracks for teaching professors that a growing number of universities are formalizing. “Designed ...

As demand for computer science education continues unabated, Northwestern Engineering’s Department of Computer Science is expanding its teaching-track faculty and diversifying its course offerings for ...