Center for Faculty Leadership and Success

CENTER FOR FACULTY LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS

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The Center for Faculty Leadership and Success (CFLS) at 蜜桃TV focuses its work on developing and expanding research-informed leadership development offerings for rising and mid-level academic leaders, such as department chairs and members of hiring and faculty evaluation committees. CFLS聽seeks to illuminate the responsibility of academic leaders to create a welcoming and equitable community, in service of Villanova鈥檚 mission and core values of Veritas, Unitas and Caritas and聽exists to support faculty at all career stages to engage with the University in ways that support their job satisfaction and personal success.

The Center traces its beginnings to the Villanova Initiative to Support Inclusiveness and Build Leaders (VISIBLE), which was established in 2018 by a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant.

PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES

Our initiatives and programming aim to build academic communities where faculty are effectively hired, supported and advanced.

Workshops and Trainings

Resources and Materials

Past Scholarship and
Program Evaluation

Projects and Ways to Engage

About Us

OUR IMPACT

National Recognition

The CFLS team received Honorable Mention in the NSF (National Science Foundation): Taking Action: COVID-19 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Challenge in the STEM Faculty Category. MORE...

Faculty Leadership Academy

In 2022-2023, CFLS convened 21 faculty members from all ranks and disciplines to help Villanova build a community of practitioners and scholars with interest in bringing inclusive leadership theory and practice to our profession. MORE...

Department Chairs

In its first three years, CFLS engaged Department Chairs in every college on campus and 90% of STEM department chairs through its Department Chairs Peer Network. This group is now known as the Academic Leaders Peer Network. It includes all academic leaders with responsibilities equivalent to Department Chairs. MORE...

Campus Leaders

CFLS convenes more than 100 campus leaders annually for a day of professional development and networking with a focus on inclusive leadership. MORE...

CFLS has helped Villanova engage several hundred faculty members in Hiring for Villanova's Future, a workshop series that sets the University's standard for excellence in hiring.

Sharing Scholarship

CFLS shares its scholarship at annual conferences, such as the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Academy of Management, American Society for Engineering Education, and ADVANCE Resource and Coordination Network.

UNIVERSITY PARTNERS

CFLS engages a broad network of partners to bring our mission and vision to life. A rich ecosystem of interconnected relationships supports our projects at Villanova.

UNITAS: Office of Community Enrichment

Villanova Institute for Research & Scholarship

Office of Decision Support and Data Integrity

Office of the Provost

Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership

Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness

Villanova Institute for Teaching and Learning

Human Resources