Faculty Q&A

Send in your questions for Faculty Q&A!

We want your questions not only about issues related to how to teach and instructional strategies, but also about other issues faced by faculty (both new and established). Here’s an example:

“I was shocked to have a student accuse me of sexism. The student is male and says there is an inherent bias against male students, as I have answered questions posed to me by female students when we were in the change room preparing for a clinical shift. How can I guard against this type of unintentional problem in the future?”

Here’s what you need to know:

Questions need to be short and, preferably, include a specific scenario or examples.
Submit questions that address practical issues faced by faculty and can be answered in a few paragraphs (see example above).
E-mail your questions, along with your full name and credentials, to Karen G. Stanwood, ELS, Executive Editor, at kstanwood@slackinc.com.

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What are the advantages and limitations of PowerPoint^®? I’m concerned that my students are not actively engaged in my lectures, yet they demand that all of the classes be on PowerPoint and that I send them the slides beforehand. This seems to be the convention at my school.

How do faculty members deal with students who have tongue piercings? The piercing becomes very obvious when a student lisps.

I am a tenured faculty member who is considering taking a position in another institution that requires tenured faculty to undergo post-tenure review. Can you clarify what is involved in post-tenure review?