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Intentional onboarding supports faculty success in the first few years. The campus FDC liaison plays a critical role in bridging local needs and central resources for new faculty.
Early Career and Racial Equity Program
About ECARE
The Early Career and Racial Equity (ECARE) program is designed to promote inclusive community for early career faculty who may face isolation and bias in academia and/or whose research focus is on racial equity and disparities.
All pre-tenure Rutgers faculty are welcome to apply.
Benefits
ECARE combats the challenges that can negatively shape the experiences of early career tenure-track faculty who may face isolation and whose research is focused on racial equity and disparities through:
- Enhanced professional development opportunities
- Milestone assignments and planning
- Weekend Writing Retreats
- Assigned Faculty Success Partners
- 1:1 Coaching support
A Network of Support
We have designed comprehensive and intentional supports to achieve ECARE programmatic aims:
Advancement
ECARE Senior Faculty Success Partners provide individualized support offering guidance and long-range planning to support promotion and tenure ambitions as well as increasing professional visibility.
Research
ECARE participants are encouraged and supported in identifying discipline-specific mentors either within or outside of the university and provided space and time to make progress on writing through weekend retreats.
Inclusive Community
ECARE participants form an intentional community as the program engages alumni participants and cohorts across FDC programs. The senior faculty success partners, FDC staff, and faculty peers have the singular aim of reducing isolation and creating a community of support.
Life-work resiliency
ECARE centers holistic support attending to the diverse personal and professional needs of faculty, while recognizing the organizational and global challenges that can impact success. Through 1:1 coaching, we encourage reflection and resiliency in navigating challenges.
Faculty Success Partners 2024-2025
These senior faculty are engaged in 1:1 mentoring and provide intentional sponsorship of mentees.
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