Workshop on the Arc of the Academic Research Career:
Issues and Implications for U.S. Science and Engineering Leadership
September 9, 2013 [8:30 am-5:00 pm] – September 10, 2013 [9:00 am-12:00 pm]
National Academy of Sciences Building – Room 120
2101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC
On September 9-10, 2013, COSEPUP will host a workshop that explores critical stress points in an academic career. The focus will be on career entry, the tenure decision, and retirement. These transition points have been recognized as particularly difficult periods for faculty and administrators. This workshop will bring together experts on the problems associated with each of these career points with the intention of developing a holistic understanding of how policies specific to each area have implications for the others. The workshop will also include presentations about universities that have developed innovative approaches to these problems and discussions by education leaders about opportunities for other actions that could relieve stress on the faculty and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of university operations.
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September 9, 2013 |
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8:30 AM | Chairman’s Opening Remarks | |
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8:45 | Overview of Challenges to U.S. Universities and Academic Science and Engineering Careers | |
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Shirley Malcom | Director of Education and Human Resources Programs, AAAS | |
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9:30 | The Demographic Context | |
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Robert Hauser | Executive Director, The Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council; Former Director, Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin | |
Donna Ginther | Professor of Economics, University of Kansas | |
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10:30 | Break | |
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10:45 | Getting Started: Early Career Bottleneck | |
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Henry Sauermann | Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Ernest Scheller, Jr., College of Business, Georgia |
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Mary Ann Mason | Co-director, Center for Economics & Family Security, University of California-Berkeley School of Law | |
Donna Ginther | Professor of Economics, University of Kansas | |
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Noon | Lunch | |
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1:00 PM | The Family v. The Workplace: Mid-Career Priorities | |
Cathy Trower | Research Director, Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, Harvard School of Education | |
Carol Hoffman | Associate Provost and Director of Work/Life program, Columbia University | |
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2:30 | Break | |
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3:00 | Beautiful Sunsets: A Fulfilling Late-career Transition | |
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Marc Goulden | Director of Data Initiatives, Office for Faculty Equity & Welfare, University of California-Berkeley, conducted study of University of California Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program | |
Ann Franke | President of Wise Results, LLC; author of paper on legal issues regarding retirement for American Council on Education | |
Valerie Martin Conley | Professor of Counseling and Higher Education, Co-director, Center for Higher Education, Ohio University, conducted study of retirement for AAUP | |
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4:30 | Summary | |
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5:00 | Adjourn | |
September 10, 2013 |
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9:00 AM | Reports from the Field: Examples of Innovative Approaches | |
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Joan Girgus | Professor of Psychology, Special Assistant to the Dean of the Faculty on Gender Equity, Princeton University | |
Janette Brown | Executive Director of the Emeriti Center, University of Southern California; Executive Director, Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE) | |
Edie Goldenberg | Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science and the Arts; Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan | |
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10:30 | Opportunities for Action | |
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R. Michael Tanner | Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities | |
Manfred | Professor of Chemistry, Lehman College; Former | |
Philipp | Chair, University Faculty Senate; President, CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences |
Claire Van Ummersen | Senior Advisor, Institutional Leadership Group, American Council on Education | |
John Tully | Sterling Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University | |
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Noon | Adjourn | |
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