Faculty & Staff Communication: 10 Initiatives To Improve Conversations, Collegiality & Collaborations

Key Takeaway  Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on the culture and climate at their institutions related to faculty and staff working together for a shared purpose. Concrete initiatives and strategies for improving faculty and staff collaborations and relationships will be shared. Challenge The challenge of bridging the divide between faculty and staff. Overview It’s no secret that many colleges and universities struggle with either real or perceived gaps between faculty and staff. Faculty and staff have different responsibilities, different relationships with students, different perspectives on how the institution works, different priorities, and even different schedules. Not only do these differences create barriers to communication and collaborations, but they may also even negatively impact collegiality. Research tells us that the antidote to these challenges is to foster a culture and climate of faculty and staff engagemen