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.

• Identifying and Developing Goals and Strategies for an Effective Academic Job Search
  Thursday, January 31, 2008, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  
  
• The Academic Job Search from Start to Finish
  Thursday, February 21, 2008, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  
  
• Developing your Teaching and Research Statements and your Teaching Portfolio
  Friday, February 22, 2008, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  Bring your own for a critique; we'll also provide samples
  
  
• Presentation Skills for your Job Talk and Interviewing Skills for your Conference and Campus Interviews
  Friday, February 22, 2008, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  
  
• Practice Session for the Job Talk
  Monday, February 25, 2008, 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 12:00 - 12:45 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall
  Join us to present your job talk or be the audience for your peers
  
  
• Untenured Faculty Life and Work at Academic Institutions
  Thursday, April 3, 2008, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 301 Philosophy Hall