The Preparing Future Faculty Program is based on the national PFF model and prepares Columbia PhD students for the multiple roles, responsibilities, and expectations they will experience when entering the academic job market and new faculty positions. This exploration of untenured faculty work and life at various kinds of academic institutions is especially critical for the 80% of Columbia PhD students who do not seek or take positions at the 199 research universities and 84 additional PhD-granting institutions in the U.S. To have an effective strategic plan for a successful job search, students should be aware of the pedagogical and scholarly forces that impact faculty at different kinds of institutions, including the 689 master's degree-granting institutions, 739 bachelor degree-granting institutions, and 1,811 two-year schools in the U.S. (http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/index.asp?key=791).
These forces include the expectations of new colleagues and the institution, productive ways to develop one's scholarship at a student-centered institution, effectively engaging with students for learning, and balancing one's professional life and personal commitments.

• Introduction to PFF: Strategic Planning for Your Academic Career Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall

• The Academic Job Search from Start to Finish, Part 1: Application, Vita, Letters of Recommendation, Teaching and Research Statements, and Portfolio                                                                                           Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  
  
• Practice Session for the Job Talk                                                                                                                                       TBA
  
  
• The Academic Job Search from Start to Finish, Part 2: Phone/Conference/Campus Interviews and the Job Talk                                                                                                                                                                              Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  
  
• The Academic Job Search, Part 3: The Waiting and Negotiating Part Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  
  
• Untenured Faculty Life: Tenure Track and Adjunct Faculty Talk about the Job Search, First Year on the Job, and Teaching Expectations                                                                                                                                   Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall

• Welcome to the Professoriate: Power, Politics, and Pitfalls on Your Way to Tenure and Promotion Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall