KC Culver, Adrianna Kezar, Emily R. Koren and John W. Curtis

Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)

The purpose of the Faculty, Academic Careers and Environments (FACE) project is to understand who faculty are, what their academic careers look like, and how the environments in which they work shape their ability to thrive as instructors, researchers and public scholars in the community. This report provides an overview of a new conceptual model of faculty work in the 21st century, one that addresses today’s context, where academic capitalism and the gig academy have impacted faculty’s work and work environments and where demographic shifts have led to a change in the makeup of the academic workforce. This framework explores dimensions of faculty experiences, roles, and working conditions across various societal, institutional, and individual contexts.