Fostering Student Development through Faculty Development

Welcome to this project.

Church-related colleges have been known as places where cultivating the whole student is a priority. Because whole student development-intellectual, social, civic, physical, moral, spiritual, religious-is becoming more important in our colleges and universities, faculty will need to be better recognized, evaluated, and nurtured for their contributions in meeting the holistic needs of today's college students. But we believe the development of the whole student also requires the development of the whole faculty member.

We have two major goals of this project. First, we report on faculty contributions from the perspective of Chief Academic Officers (CAOs) of church-related colleges. Second, we desire to create a dialogue among CAOs and other academic leaders about the changing expectations and responsibilities of faculty.

This is a highly ecumenical and collaborative project. Chief Executive Officers of eight higher education associations have endorsed it.

This project is being funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and the John Templeton Foundation.

We look forward to your participation in the project.

Larry A. Braskamp