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The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence supports faculty in the areas of teaching, research, and professional development. Our funding opportunities, programs, and resources are all designed to assist faculty at every level of their careers.

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Seeking 2020 Faculty Books

The Feast of Words will take place online in 2020-21.

The Feast of Words, the annual celebration of books writing or edited by faculty, will take place remotely this year. If you published a book between January 1 and August 31, 2020, please let us know by completing the form at this link.

Webinars, Workshops, Opportunities

Oct 29: First Amendment Student Rights & Engagement

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Conversation on how faculty, staff, and graduate student instructors can support free speech on college campuses.

Managing the 2020 Election on Campus

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It is likely that issues surrounding the election and its aftermath will enter our classrooms and events. Given the range of reactions to the election likely to occur, it is important for us to anticipate this and plan how they would like to conduct these discussions.

View Webinar: Tumultuous Times on Campus

Helping Students Navigate the 2020 Election

How the divisive rhetoric, nationwide protests for racial justice, and a deadly global pandemic may be shaping students’ experiences of the election, plus strategies for managing the stress inside classrooms and across campus.

Course Materials for Online Teaching

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Solving the challenges of online, affordable, and accessible course materials for students in remote learning environments

Fall 2020/Spring 2021 In-Person Teaching

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Q&A with faculty who are teaching in-person and with administrators about preparations for in-person teaching in the spring semester.

Public Scholarship Short Takes

Hank Klibanoff on Getting Your Message Across

The fourth installment in a new video series with our community's best advice for faculty who want to take their scholarship public.

Knowledge Hub

Our Searchable Resource Database

Teaching in a Time of Uncertainty

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Engaged Learning

More About Community-Sourced Pedagogies

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National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

Inclusive Pedagogy

How can we make our classrooms and campuses broadly accessible spaces, in which all students can fully participate and actively learn? Find resources to learn about, reflect on, and navigate questions of teaching methodologies and decisions about course content, plus a range of current issues in higher education, such as unconscious bias and microaggressions, trigger warnings and safe space, academic freedom and free speech.

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Remote Teaching, Fall 2020

Teaching remotely? Here are some Frequently Asked Questions we are hearing from many faculty in the first weeks of the semester. Find advice on recording your classes, dealing with the variety of students' home situations, office hours, and more.

Remote Teaching FAQ

In-Person Teaching, Fall 2020

Teaching in person this fall? These Frequently Asked Questions may have answers you need on a variety of topics and concerns, including personal protective equipment, student logistics, classroom recording, and teaching methods.

In-Person Teaching FAQ