An Investment in Professors That Pays Off

By PIPER FOGG

A small-liberal arts college reaps the benefits of faculty development

"What have you heard? And what do you want to know more about?" Devorah Lieberman throws those questions out to the dozen or so faculty members ringing her living room. Wineglasses in hand, they take the bait. A religion professor says he heard that the administration had decided to change the site of a new dormitory. Is that true?

Ms. Lieberman, provost of Wagner College here, looks taken aback. She chooses

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Professors Get Their Own Study-Abroad Programs - October 31, 2008
A Call for Faculty Fund Raisers - March 30, 2007
The Demand for Diversity - February 4, 2009
'Tired' Professors Can Be Rejuvenated - March 7, 2008
The Liberal-Arts College as a Home for Research - May 23, 2008

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