September 28, 2007
Orientation for Professors
New faculty members at Wheaton College get acclimated through a seminar that will last the whole semester
At most colleges, orientation for new faculty members is one or two days of paperwork, awkward luncheons, and inspirational speeches, a barrage that typically leaves participants shell-shocked.
It used to be that way at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. In its one-day orientation program, new professors were "assaulted by newness," says the provost, Molly E. Smith. It seemed
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