The mid-career stage can be one of the most rewarding yet challenging phases of academic life. As institutional guidance and structured support often decrease after promotion, faculty may find themselves questioning career direction, balancing competing priorities, or seeking renewed professional purpose. This course helps faculty become more intentional about designing the next phase of their careers.
Crafting Your Mid-Career and Beyond as Faculty explores opportunities, challenges, and decision points often experienced during the associate professor years and beyond. Participants are introduced to strategies for reflecting on career direction, identifying meaningful opportunities, and making proactive decisions about scholarly work, teaching, service, leadership, and professional fulfillment.
The course introduces the concept of job crafting, helping faculty intentionally redesign aspects of their work through task, relational, and cognitive approaches that align responsibilities with personal goals, strengths, and values. Participants also explore design-thinking approaches to career planning and learn strategies for making purposeful decisions around time allocation, advancement, and leadership pathways.
This resource is especially valuable for mid-career faculty, associate professors, and academic professionals seeking renewed clarity, energy, and direction while planning the next stage of their academic careers.
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