Faculty Learning Communities

Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) are cross-disciplinary groups engaged in an active, collaborative, year-long program, structured to provide encouragement, support, and reflection. Any tenured, tenured-track, or special purpose faculty member is eligible to participate.

Each participant will receive a $500 stipend for full participation in the program, payable in two installments at the end of each semester upon completion of FLC goals and submission of FLC report.

Civility in the Academy

Facilitator: Darlene M. Hantzis, Linda Maule, and David Worley,

This learning community asks faculty to engage the literature on civility among faculty on college campuses. Campus civility emerged as a persistent focus of research about campus cultures in the past decade.

Closing the Tenure Gap: Pre-Tenure Women Navigating
the Terrain

Facilitator: Denise Collins and Darlene M. Hantzis

This learning community asks pre-tenure women faculty to examine the national data and scholarship documenting the persistent tenure gap between women and men (25%) and the uneven path to promotion to full professor (90% of all full professors in the US are male) and relevant data for Indiana State and peer institutions; engage the theoretical work focused on this problem, especially reviewing best practices; and, make recommendations to support the success of pre-tenure women faculty at Indiana State.

Servant Leadership

Facilitators: Jason Winkle

In this learning community, participants will engage the literature surrounding servant-leadership theory. In addition, the community will undertake the component principles of servant-leadership and how they can be used to support the mission of Indiana State University. Administrators and faculty can benefit greatly from a servant-leader approach within all facets of the university life.

Graduate Education: Trends and Future

Facilitators: Ed Kinley and Jay Gatrell

This learning community is designed for faculty that have an active interest in graduate education. The group will select and use a variety of recent publications to explore trends and best practices in graduate education at institutions across the country.

Enhancing Instruction with Technology

Facilitator: Les Lunce and Debra Runshe

In this learning community faculty members will deepen their understanding of cutting edge software and instruction in a one-to-one computing environment.