Balancing Tenure Requirements With Family Life: Perspectives From Three Tenure Track Faculty Members

Porter, Jay; Ochoa, James; Fink, Rainer

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“…Lack of support was not specific to one item in particular, since faculty identified a variety of issues that would be considered support. Issues like work-life balance, and parental leave, have been identified by other researchers [10,11], yet it seems to be still an issue by the number of faculty that identified this as an impediment. In addition support and mentoring for issues regarding biases and treatment of certain faculty populations is necessary [14].…”

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“…Department administrators as well as senior faculty should be aware that life exists outside the academic environment, even for junior faculty. To assists in this aspect, it is important for junior faculty to become aware of the tenure expectations and the process to tenure and to make a plan to separate work from personal life [10]. Becoming aware of the expectations is key, since vagueness in what is expected can be detrimental to a faculty members psyche.…”

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Tenure: Perceptions of Requirements and Impediments for Civil Engineering & Construction Disciplines

Tymvios

Christou

2019 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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The academic tenure process began in the US in 1915, and since then, the concept has been both criticized and praised. Arguments for tenure include freedom of teaching/research, and economic security, while critics comment on faculty underperformance and emphasis of research over teaching. Yet, a tenured position is coveted and sought by many aspiring assistant professors in the US education system, and that includes faculty from civil engineering and construction disciplines. This paper aims to display the variability in perceptions of tenure requirements among assistant professors in civil and construction programs between universities of different research activities, and identify their perceived impediments towards obtaining tenure. The motivation for this research is to bring to surface some of the concerns assistant professors have relating to the tenure process.Faculty from ACCE and ABET accredited programs in tenure-track positions were identified through an online search, and were provided with an online survey to complete. In total, 1052 faculty were identified, and 193 participants responded (18.3%) from 115 institutions and 45 states. Initial results show that, faculty employed in "Highest" (R1) and "Higher" (R2) research activity universities, perceive that their research requirements are similar, while faculty in R2 universities have higher teaching requirements.

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Tenure: Perceptions of Requirements and Impediments for Civil Engineering & Construction Disciplines

Tymvios

Christou

2019 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…Advice from senior faculty about this process comes in many forms, through mentorship and support, publications, and instructional manuscripts [8][9][10][11]. Information provided during mentorship is usually very private, and general guidelines and "how-to" examples are not applicable to faculty in engineering in general, or in civil engineering or construction disciplines in particular.…”

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Pre- and Post-Tenure: Perceptions of Requirements and Impediments for Faculty in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, and Construction Disciplines

Tymvios

Miskioglu

Christou

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings

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Nicholas Tymvios received a B.S. and M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in 1999, and 2002 respectively. After working for four years in Cyprus in the construction industry, he was accepted into the Ph.D. program at Oregon State University, where he graduated in 2013 with a degree in Civil Engineering with emphasis in Construction Engineering and Management. His area of concentration is construction safety, and in particular Prevention through Design. Upon graduation, he worked for four years as an

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“…Much has been written about the transition to teaching, having a balanced perspective during the tenure years and general tips about achieving tenure. [1][2][3] Productivity is discussed with regard to classroom efficiency and dealing with students. 4 Leadership and management discussions focus on the administrators and not on the needs of new faculty.…”

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Leadership 102 – Your First Team – The Research Group

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2005 Annual Conference Proceedings

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Graduating with a Doctorate and conducting research as a student does not prepare the average faculty member for team leadership. At most universities that require faculty to conduct research, secure funding and produce scholarly works, it is imperative that the faculty member have a research team and that the team produce. To develop a team and to make that team produce requires a certain amount of skill: leadership skill. Leadership of people is an acquired skill and differs vastly from management of things, although many feel that people can be managed. From selecting the right team members -to giving them the correct assignments, it is the leader who must carefully weigh the skills of the team member and the proper position for those skills. Time management becomes an issue early on and must be watched or time will become the enemy of the team. The leader must set priorities and must be clearly visible in taking the team to the next level. Effective and efficient teams win and so do their leaders. This paper will address the methods for building a team and the way to take a new group of researchers and make them operate at high speed.

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Balancing Tenure Requirements With Family Life: Perspectives From Three Tenure Track Faculty Members

Cited by 4 publications

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Tenure: Perceptions of Requirements and Impediments for Civil Engineering & Construction Disciplines

Tenure: Perceptions of Requirements and Impediments for Civil Engineering & Construction Disciplines

Pre- and Post-Tenure: Perceptions of Requirements and Impediments for Faculty in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, and Construction Disciplines

Leadership 102 – Your First Team – The Research Group

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