The Care and Feeding of Mid-Career Faculty: Professional Development across the Career Life Cycle

To build and sustain faculty vitality, engagement, and professional currency, academic leaders must find ways to acknowledge, encourage, and support faculty at all stages of the career life cycle. There typically are many formal and informal development opportunities as well as significant resources for junior faculty. But there are often fewer opportunities and resources allocated to support mid-career faculty, who may have reached a point in their careers where they are disillusioned, exhausted, or unclear about how to remain focused, engaged, and challenged.