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Publish, Don't Perish: A Program To Help Scholars Flourish, Tara Gray, Jane Birch
Publish, Don't Perish: A Program To Help Scholars Flourish, Tara Gray, Jane Birch
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Faculty often believe that if they do not publish, they will perish. Faculty developers can respond to this need by helping faculty increase their scholarly productivity. Research shows that faculty are more productive if they write for 15-30 minutes daily, organize their writing around key sentences, and get extensive feedback on drafts. This article evaluates a program hosted on two campuses that aimed at supporting 115 faculty achieve these goals. Throughout the program, participants kept records of time they spent writing and the number of pages they wrote and at the end of the program, they were surveyed. These data …