On-Demand Webinar: Academic Hiring and Promotion Worldwide

Featuring London Business School + American University of Paris

In this virtual presentation about more effectively and equitably managing academic employment workflows, especially hiring and promotion, we spoke with two global universities about their challenges and outcomes of adopting Interfolio to manage such processes.

As American University of Paris and London Business School have seen with regard to their academic recruitment experience, Interfolio takes a distinctive scholar-centric approach. Interfolio gives both academics and professional staff a familiar, consistent experience throughout both the hiring and evaluation/promotion experiences.

In addition to hearing from AUP and LBS, you will be privy to a brief demonstration of the Interfolio modules for hiring and for promotion/evaluation. In these areas, the multi-module Interfolio Faculty Information System benefits universities with:

  • More efficient academic evaluation workflows
  • More equitable and transparent academic employment practices
  • Better supported scholar development
  • And more

What you’ll learn

By using Interfolio to manage the hiring of new academics and as a workflow for promotional processes, our client guests have gained:

  • Significant efficiencies while mirroring human resources’ processes, leading to a streamlined process for both applicants and hiring committees
  • A consistent, secure, digital environment to manage faculty promotions and reviews instead of a complex, paper-based workflow
  • Greater clarity and ease for prospective instructors/researchers who are considering or applying to academic positions at the institution

Our client guests

Siân Smith | Assistant Director, Faculty HR | Research and Faculty Office

London Business School

Sinead Foley | Executive Assistant to the Provost

The American University of Paris

This Webinar was recorded on April 22, 2021 at 11 AM EST (US)


Faculty Information System

White Paper: The Faculty Information System

Read the updated 2020 edition of our popular white paper to find out:

  • Why build for faculty first?
  • What colleges and universities stand to gain by supporting and studying faculty work with a modern, digital-first system
  • The six specific elements of higher education faculty information

On-Demand Webinar: 4 Ways Interfolio Makes Faculty Evaluations More Equitable

Learn How Leading Universities Approach Modern Academic Affairs Management

How do modern universities ensure faculty professional evaluations and academic career advancement are equitable and consistent?

Well, for one thing, they run their faculty evaluations through Interfolio.

Watch our on-demand free webinar and moderated Q&A to find out how the widely acclaimed Interfolio Faculty Information System actively addresses fairness and transparency around faculty evaluations, and see it in action.

This aspect of academic affairs is increasingly viewed as a critical consideration—whether the workflow is annual review, tenure, promotion, or other career moments like sabbaticals. 

Find out why hundreds of the world’s leading universities use Interfolio for their faculty professional reviews, including:

  • Harvard University
  • Yale University
  • University of Chicago
  • London Business School
  • Emory University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Georgetown University
  • University of Michigan-Dearborn
  • 3 City University of New York (CUNY) Campuses
  • 18 of the 23 California State Universities
  • And many more

You’ll learn:

  • What makes the Interfolio approach fundamentally different (and why so many of the world’s most influential institutions use it today)
  • Which specific features and actions can shape a more equitable faculty review landscape
  • How all stakeholders benefit from this modern method—from faculty being reviewed, to committees, to senior academic leadership, to professional staff

“One of the most important factors for success in transitioning from a paper-based RTP process to a digital format is supporting the culture change with a product that is intuitive and user-friendly for faculty candidates, committee members, administrators, and support staff.  Because Interfolio is tailored to the needs of faculty and the RTP process and provides superior customer service, we will be able to manage that culture change more easily and realize the benefits of a digital RTP process.”   

-Natalie Bersig, Director of Faculty Affairs / California State University, Long Beach

This Webinar was recorded on Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Faculty Information System

White Paper: The Faculty Information System

Read the updated 2020 edition of our popular white paper to find out:

  • Why build for faculty first?
  • What colleges and universities stand to gain by supporting and studying faculty work with a modern, digital-first system
  • The six specific elements of higher education faculty information

On-Demand Webinar: Faculty Affairs and Academic Reviews During COVID: Advice for Going Digital (in partnership with AASCU)

Faculty and academic affairs personnel showed resilience and innovation in 2020.

Panelists from Elizabeth City State University (N.C.), San Francisco State University, and University of Wisconsin-Platteville discussed how their institution’s faculty evaluations were affected by COVID and how technology, including Interfolio’s Review, Promotion & Tenure platform, helped keep these important processes equitable and on track.

The panelists answered questions such as:

  • How have institutions balanced the needs of faculty and administrators?
  • What process changes made during the pandemic might become the new normal?

Also hear innovative ways institutions use the software for other workflow- and committee-driven processes during COVID and beyond.

This Webinar was recorded on April 7, 2021 at 2pm EST


Faculty Information System

White Paper: The Faculty Information System

Read the updated edition of our popular white paper to find out:

  • Why build for faculty first?
  • What colleges and universities stand to gain by supporting and studying faculty work with a modern, digital-first system
  • The six specific elements of higher education faculty information

On-Demand Panel: Maximizing Faculty Data with a Faculty Information System

Watch the panel discussion for global and institutional views of faculty impact.

Representatives from University of Toledo and Kings College London share their perspectives.

Universities have access to a wealth of data about the work of scholars—but how can that data be actionable and beneficial to both the faculty and the institution? How can a faculty information system that focuses on a full picture of faculty contributions and development—research, teaching, grants, committee work, innovation—most productively fuel research collaboration and public research profiles?

Jonathan Grant discusses research impact from a global viewpoint. Grant is the Founding Director of Different Angles, senior advisor to Researchfish, professor of public policy at King’s College London, and author of the forthcoming book The New Power University.

Elissa Falcone, an Academic Project Manager, shares a case study on how The University of Toledo tracks and reports scholarship, teaching, and service to support faculty and institutional goals. The discussion explores what a faculty information system-centered approach to RIM entails.


Faculty Information System

White Paper: The Faculty Information System

Read the updated edition of our popular white paper to find out:

  • Why build for faculty first?
  • What colleges and universities stand to gain by supporting and studying faculty work with a modern, digital-first system
  • The six specific elements of higher education faculty information

On-Demand Digital Roundtable: East Stroudsburg University + University of North Carolina, Pembroke

How Modern Universities Manage Faculty Evaluations

Interfolio is different from conventional data/workflow technologies due to its “full lifecycle” approach to your faculty members’ time at your institution. 

In addition to flexible evaluation workflows that eliminate hours of administrative work, ensure compliance with policies, and give faculty clarity, Interfolio helps universities:

  • Anticipate future faculty milestones and eligibility
  • See a visual representation of all faculty career paths (both expected and actual)
  • Easily document, confirm, and compare faculty employment agreements
  • Hire faculty and report on recruitment data
  • Easily collect and report on reliable faculty activity data

About our client guests

We were thrilled to speak with Dr. William Bajor, Director Graduate & Extended Studies and Dr. Rob Smith (AVP) at East Stroudsburg University and Dr. Scott Billingsley, Professor of History and Associate Provost at University of North Carolina, Pembroke about how they have improved faculty evaluations at their institutions. Both of these institutions have joined the growing number of colleges and universities that run faculty evaluations and other workflows through the Interfolio platform.

We discussed aspects like:

  • How Interfolio alleviates the administrative burden required to conduct faculty evaluation cases properly and equitably
  • What kinds of new information and transparency around faculty career development these universities have gained by using Interfolio
  • Why an effective faculty evaluations technology has become a new requirement for modern universities of all sizes

We also provided a short product demonstration to better understand the Interfolio module approach.

This Digital Roundtable was recorded on March 25, 2021


Faculty Information System

White Paper: The Faculty Information System

Read the updated 2020 edition of our popular white paper to find out:

  • Why build for faculty first?
  • What colleges and universities stand to gain by supporting and studying faculty work with a modern, digital-first system
  • The six specific elements of higher education faculty information

On-Demand Webinar: How Georgetown Streamlined Faculty Hiring with Seamless Integrations

Learn how a leading institution is maximizing integrations to streamline faculty searches

Georgetown University has been an Interfolio partner for over five years, and has long been an innovative leader in modernizing various faculty processes. Georgetown leverages Interfolio Faculty Search to recruit top talent and facilitate committee reviews within a user-friendly platform. Like many institutions, Georgetown conducts other aspects of searches such as budgeting and approval through an Enterprise Resource Planning system like Workday. 

In this webinar, Georgetown will demonstrate the following outcomes of adopting Interfolio:
  1. A consistent process for candidates and departments
  2. Uniform data collection for applicants and committees
  3. Compliance with EEO and Demographic Reporting
  4. Increased efficiency by saving time on transfers of information
  5. How easy Interfolio is to use for applicants and search committees

Featuring

Emily Fitzgerald

Georgetown University
HCM Senior Business Analyst
University Information Services

Charlie Leonhardt

Georgetown University
Director of Online Initiatives and Innovation University Information Services


Faculty Information System

White Paper: The Faculty Information System

Read the updated 2020 edition of our popular white paper to find out:

  • Why build for faculty first?
  • What colleges and universities stand to gain by supporting and studying faculty work with a modern, digital-first system
  • The six specific elements of higher education faculty information

Webinar: Modernizing Faculty Management: Interfolio’s Vision and Roadmap for 2021

Higher education—and indeed, the world at large—has undergone a dramatic shift this past year. We look ahead to 2021 and our vision for empowering scholars worldwide to advance their work, their careers, and their institutions.

CEO Andrew Rosen discussed how Interfolio’s platform approach connects academic recruitment, faculty activity data, committee work, and impact tracking, bringing the scholar’s professional journey into a central place.

Ben Wang, Senior Vice President of Product, discussed our customer-centric approach to product strategy and will share themes and initiatives of the 2021 roadmap.

In this webinar, we covered:
  • How faculty and their challenges impact Interfolio’s work and product outlook, and what we learned in 2020
  • What faculty technology trends/patterns we’ve seen recently, including Faculty Information Systems being named a top 10 strategic technology for higher education in 2020 by Gartner (attribute) 
  • Where Interfolio is headed with our upcoming product innovation

Webinar Guests

Andrew Rosen

Andrew Rosen

Chief Executive Officer, Interfolio

Ben

Ben Wang

Senior Vice President, Product, Interfolio

This webinar aired in January 2021.


Faculty Information System

White Paper: The Faculty Information System

Read the updated 2020 edition of our popular white paper to find out:

  • Why build for faculty first?
  • What colleges and universities stand to gain by supporting and studying faculty work with a modern, digital-first system
  • The six specific elements of higher education faculty information

Planning for a successful rollout of new campus technology

Everything you need to know to be ready for the fall 2022 academic year. 

2022 is just around the corner. Are you feeling prepared and equipped to make your faculty employment processes easier, cost-effective, and more transparent this upcoming year?

Fortunately at Interfolio, we’re known for our remarkable Faculty Information System and thoughtful change management assistance—specifically for higher education.

With twenty years of experience supporting faculty and administrative staff, we know the challenges well: “We’ve tried new systems before. They failed.” “Faculty and staff are exhausted. I can’t put them through another roller coaster.” “The way we’re doing it isn’t that bad.”

Our team has seen firsthand how turning to digital systems for your faculty management processes can be both beneficial and transformative. More than 300 of your peers have adopted Interfolio, and throughout the process, we’ve gathered what works best.

In this informative session, we shared real stories from our institutional partners to provide insight on the ups (and downs) of implementing digital systems, and provide advice tailored to a campus of any size. Enjoy and share the recording below!

Watch our free webinar and Q&A with Interfolio’s Professional Services team to learn about:

  • Starting small with one faculty process, and moving outward when you’re ready.
  • Incentivizing stakeholders and getting buy-in at all stages—even from the faculty senate.
  • Moving from a paper process vs. evolving from an existing digital system.
  • Building your advocates for expansion.
  • Showing tangible impact on investment before you ever implement.

Webinar Guests

Daniel McGrath

Project Manager, Interfolio

Cynthia Riddle

Project Manager, Interfolio


Technology Guide: System Considerations for Digital Faculty Evaluations

Access our latest technology guide to educate yourself further on different considerations for your campus’s review, promotion, tenure platform. You’ll gain insight on:

  • What features to look for in a Faculty Information System.
  • Connecting faculty evaluation processes with a platform.
  • The services you should expect from a digital platform partner.

More and more higher education institutions worldwide are recognizing the massive benefits of conducting faculty professional evaluations online. Discover why in this guide.

Planning for new faculty technology: Change management & Best practices

Everything you need to know to be ready for the fall 2021 academic year
(Spoiler alert: it’s not too soon) 

2021 is almost here, and before we realize it, we will be welcoming the fall academic year (and the related set of appointments and reviews). How might this year be different for you and your faculty? Is adopting new faculty technology on your list for the year ahead? 

With our twenty years of experience supporting faculty, we know the challenges well: “We’ve tried new systems before. They failed.” “Faculty—and staff—are exhausted. I can’t put them through another roller coaster.” “The way we’re doing it isn’t that bad.”

We get it. 2020 has been full of challenges. And, we’ve seen how streamlining and digitizing faculty management can be smooth and beneficial. Many of your peers have done it, and throughout the process, we’ve learned what works best.

This free webinar, geared towards institutions who are looking to adopt and implement new faculty technology, shares best practices for this transition and how to best roll out this change on campus for maximum faculty adoption. 

We share stories from peers on what worked well (and didn’t). Additionally, we discuss what implementation of a modular system for various review workflows and managing faculty journeys would look like so you can plan ahead.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:
  • How (and when) to involve your colleagues and leadership for a successful change to an online faculty management system
  • How peers have implemented faculty technology
  • What a common approximate timeline is for an institution to roll out new technology for fall processes 
  • What digital systems for review, promotion, and tenure and lifecycle management could look like on your campus

Webinar Guests

Josh Gianitsis

Project Manager, Interfolio

Tommy O’Boyle

Account Executive, Interfolio


Change Management - University Faculty Technology - Interfolio

White Paper

Managing Change When Implementing Faculty Technology

Download the White Paper to learn about:

  • How faculty-focused leaders achieve meaningful change
  • Ways to engage individuals on personal, emotional, and cultural levels, in order to adopt new tools
  • How to best manage the timeline and pacing of a new change

On-Demand Webinar: How to Improve Your Faculty Activity Reporting

Watch this discussion on the flexible and varied uses of the right faculty activity reporting system. 

Best practices from University of Wyoming and Winthrop University

A well-known challenge in higher education is collecting, accessing, presenting, and analyzing data about the professional activities of scholars.

In this free webinar, University of Wyoming and Winthrop University discuss how they approach faculty activity reporting on their campuses. 

In 2019, the University of Wyoming was the first institution to include the Interfolio Lifecycle Management along with the use of the Faculty Activity Reporting and Review, Promotion & Tenure modules. Annual reviews, CV generation, accreditation, and reporting are just a few outputs from Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting at Wyoming. 

Winthrop was the first institution ever to adopt the full available Interfolio platform for hiring, activity reporting, and faculty review workflows in 2017. Today, they use Interfolio Faculty Activity Reporting to realize consistent and efficient processes across campus and bring value at once to faculty and administration with faculty activity reporting. 

“As a land grant institution, we are committed to supporting thriving agriculture, natural resources, people, and communities in Wyoming through quality education, innovative research, and impactful engagement. Building on our history and identity as Wyoming’s sole land-grant and public flagship institution, we are developing more effective, sustainable, and equitable relationships with our communities to address the complex economic and social challenges facing Wyoming, and the world. Interfolio is part of how universities like ours tell this story.”

Tami Benham-Deal, P.E.D Vice Provost for Academic Personnel University of Wyoming

Webinar Guests

Aneesa McDonald

Faculty Information Specialist, University of Wyoming

Brian Hipp

Director of Business Intelligence and Data Management, Winthrop University

Lori Nealy

Account Manager, Interfolio

Kafui Dzaka

Sales Engineer, Interfolio


Best Practices Checklist

Faculty Information Management

Download the checklist to learn about:

  • Building a foundation for faculty data
  • Establishing buy-in
  • Addressing data collection challenges