Academic leaders often approach faculty development as a sequence of workshops, webinars, or one-time teaching tips. Those offerings matter, but they do not, by themselves, create the kind of teaching culture that helps faculty grow, stay, and lead. Faculty development becomes more powerful when leaders treat it as infrastructure: a structured support system that scales across faculty roles, sustains growth over time, and reinforces the institution’s mission.
Character (Still) Counts: Moral Injury and the Case for Character Education
Many academic leaders remember the Character Counts! initiative from the 1990s and early 2000s. It was visible in schools and youth programs nationwide, emphasizing as core values the Six Pillars
Teresa Maggard Stephens
June 15, 2026
