Building a Sense of Belonging for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Across Campuses in the Lehigh Valley Consortium

Delphi Award Finalist, 2020

Jordan Harper and Adrianna Kezar

Pullias Center for Higher Education (2020)

The Lehigh Valley Association for Independent Colleges (LVAIC), the oldest of its kind in the nation, is comprised of over 900 non-tenure-track faculty across six different institutions. Lehigh Valley works with other institutions with different missions, goals, and priorities to create structures that support community, pedagogical development, and networking opportunities for non-tenure-track faculty across their schools. Embedded within a collaboration of this magnitude are important lessons and examples of best practices for supporting non-tenure-track faculty, some of who teach at other institutions in the region and are longing to feel a sense of belonging and be part of a community of support.

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