Business leaders and lawmakers are leaning on universities statewide to produce more graduates in high demand fields. Those taking up the challenge often receive substantial extra funding. For Washington State University, the question is how best to achieve the goal. At the root of this challenge lies the fact that there aren’t enough homegrown grads […]
Faculty performance, particularly concerning tenure and promotion, will be discussed at workshops hosted by Fran McSweeney, regents professor of psychology and vice provost for faculty affairs. This is part of an effort to increase the transparency of faculty personnel policies.Interested faculty members are encouraged to attend, especially those just beginning their careers at WSU and […]
About 100 faculty members have been promoted for the 2006 school year, including: College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource SciencesDrew Betz, Promote, Extension Educator E-4, WSU Extension, Whatcom County, July 1John A. Browse, Promote, Regents Professor and Scientist, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Aug. 16Sherie Corley, Promote, Senior Instructor (non tenure-track), Human Development, WSU Vancouver, […]
The road to tenure and promotion at Washington State University is often winding, frustrating and uncertain. The Faculty Senate for many years has discussed and debated how that process could be improved. Reality is, the same thing can be said of most universities nationwide. The difference is, at the request of Provost Robert Bates, WSU […]