Mid-Career Faculty Initiative - Center for Faculty Advancement

Mid-career faculty play an important part in building programs, departments, and institutes; leading initiatives; and nurturing the next generation. Despite their accomplishments, they often face unique challenges that come with the multiple priorities and competing demands common to this career phase—challenges that can be a barrier to further advancement.

The Mid-Career Faculty Initiative, a program of the Center for Faculty Advancement, provides support to Associate Professors with at least seven years’ tenure who are ready to take the next step in their careers and advance to Full Professor. The MCFI delivers monthly seminars and workshops in a blend of in-person and online sessions, as well as biweekly writing salons in New York City. View the schedule

Goals of the Initiative

The MCFI helps faculty to leverage their experience in the three pillars of success:

Scholarship and research
Teaching
Service

Introduction to the MCFI (~4 min)

Specifically, the MCFI aims to:

Expand skills related to the three pillars that faculty are assessed on
Promote and prioritize writing, scholarship, and publication opportunities
Present a strong dossier for review and hear from reviewers who engage in the process
Identify areas of improvement and explore strategies to advance in them
Offer peer-mentoring and peer-to-peer support with cohort members
Provide coaching and leadership training in coordination with our external partner Academic Impressions (upon faculty request)