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How to Make Tenure

How to Make Tenure. Christian Leadership Ministries The Faculty Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. Seminar Materials: Joseph McRae Mellichamp, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Management Science The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama U.S.A. Presenter: Rae Mellichamp. Overview.

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How to Make Tenure

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  1. How to Make Tenure Christian Leadership MinistriesThe Faculty Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ

  2. Seminar Materials: Joseph McRae Mellichamp, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Management Science The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama U.S.A. Presenter: Rae Mellichamp

  3. Overview Outline • Understand the Process • Define the Target • Establish Your Goals • Be Accountable • Things to Do • Things to Avoid • Assess Your Motives

  4. Part 1 Part 1: Understand the Process

  5. The Process Part 1 Understand the Process • Gather relevant materials • Faculty handbook • Departmental/College guidelines • Interview colleagues • Your dean/department chair • Senior department members • Recently tenured professors

  6. The Process Part 1 Understand the Process • Assess the situation • Clearly stated requirements • Clearly defined process • Review committees • Annual feedback • Supportive colleagues

  7. Part 2 Part 2: Define the Target

  8. The Target Part 1 Define the Target • Generic scenarios • Doctoral Granting Institutions • Publish or perish • Acceptable teaching • Liberal Arts & Other Institutions • Quality teaching • Some research

  9. Doctoral Institutions • Publish or perish • Acceptable teaching • Liberal Arts Institutions • Quality teaching • Some research Tenure Continuum The Target Part 1 Define the Target

  10. The Target Part 1 Define the Target • An Optimal Strategy • Service • Do 1/n of department load • Do it cheerfully and well • Teaching • Strive for excellence • Don’t try to win awards • Research • Focus on refereed research • Develop a balanced portfolio

  11. What Things Count Service • Point Count • Committees • Departmental 0 • College 0 • University 0 • Professional Organizations • Officer 1 • Committees 0 • Journals • Editor 1 • Advisory/Technical Board 0 • Reviewer 0

  12. What Things Count Teaching • Point Count • Curriculum Duties • Curriculum planning 0 • New course development 0 • Development of materials 0 • Advising Duties • Undergraduate students 0 • Graduate students 0 • Examining Duties • Preparation and grading of 0 • Master’s and Ph.D. exams

  13. What Things Count Teaching • Point Count • Teaching Load (Per Semester) • Research Universities: 3-6 Hours 0 • Other Universities/Colleges: 9-12 Hours 0

  14. What Things Count Research • Point Count • Refereed Journal Articles 6-10 • Non-Refereed Journal Articles • - Second Level Journals 2 • - Trade Publications 0 • Books (Research), Monographs 8 • Conference Proceedings • - Refereed 3 • - Non-Refereed 1.5 • Conference Presentations .2 • Research Contracts/Grants $ • Supervision of Graduate Students .1

  15. Important I II Urgent Not Urgent III IV Not Important Activity Classification

  16. Important I II Quadrant of Necessity Quadrant of Quality Most Research Activities Most Teaching Activities Urgent Not Urgent III IV Quadrant of Deception Quadrant of Waste Many Service Activities Not Important Activity Classification

  17. Important I II 65-80% 15% 20-25% 25-30% Urgent Not Urgent III IV 15% 50-60% Less than 1% 2-3% Not Important Large Type: High performance organizations. Small Type: Normal or average organizations Activity Classification

  18. Activity Classification “Publish or perish” is a proverb that academicians take seriously. If you do not publish your work for the rest of the community to evaluate, then you have no business in academia (and if you don’t already have tenure, you will be banished). Michael J. Behe Professor of Biochemistry Lehigh University

  19. Activity Classification “Journal articles get you tenure, books get you a chair.” Earl Grinols Professor of Economics University of Illinois

  20. Part 3 Part 3: Establish Your Goals

  21. Establish Goals Life Goals • Specific • Written

  22. Establish Goals Life Goals Spiritual Family Relationships Church Ministry Work/Career Physical Financial

  23. Establish Goals Life Goals • Work/Career • Research • - Long Range • To develop a national/international reputation in complex system • design using • - Digital Simulation Methods • - Knowledge Based Systems • To develop long term funding support for equipment and RAs • - Short Range • Refereed journal articles: Two per year • National conference presentations: One per year • Teaching • - Long Range: • To develop a university-wide reputation as an excellent teacher • To be a mentor for Ph.D. students who study under me • - Short Range • Teaching evaluations: Above 4.0 in each course • Student interaction: To be available to students

  24. Part 3 Part 4: Be Accountable

  25. Accountability Be Accountable • Accountability checklist • Accountability partner

  26. Accountability Checklist Be Accountable Work/Career 9. Are you achieving your research and teaching goals? 10. What is your reputation within the University? Nationally?

  27. Part 3 Part 5: Things to Do

  28. Acceptable Things to Do • Specialize • - Teaching • - Research • Manage • Organize • Evaluate • Develop your dossier • - Examine recent dossiers • - Start gathering NOW

  29. Part 3 Part 6: Things to Avoid

  30. Unacceptable Things to Avoid • Committee work • Politics • Administration • Exploitation

  31. Part 3 Part 7: Assess Your Motives

  32. Motives? Assess Your Motives • Tenure: Your be all, end all goal? • or • Tenure: Mark of integrated excellence?

  33. Motives

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