Introduction Part 1: The Individual Faculty Perspective 1. Re-imagining the Next Phase of Your Career 2. Planning, Goal-Setting, and Problem Solving 3. Turning Promotion Guidelines and Strategic Imperatives into an Organizing Framework 4. Executing Your Plans Part 2: Departmental and Institutional Perspectives 5. Becoming an Effective MCF Mentor as Department Chair 6. Advancing Your Career Goals as a Department Chair Through Mentorship 7. Assessing and Investing in Your Faculty Development Portfolio 8. Organizing and Communicating: Getting Mid-Career Faculty Engaged Part 3: Thriving at Mid-Career 9. Moving Forward: A Mid-Career Agenda

Vicki L. Baker, recognized as a 2020-2021 "Top 100 Visionary" in Education by the Global Forum for Education and Learning, stands at the forefront of innovation and strategy in faculty and leadership development. The author of Charting Your Path to Full: A Guide for Women Associate Professors, the lead author of Developing Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges, and the lead editor of Success After Tenure: Supporting Mid-Career Faculty, Vicki has written over 85 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and invited opinion pieces on the topics of faculty and leadership development and higher education. She is the E. Maynard Aris Endowed Professor in Economics and Management at Albion College and the Director of the Albion College Community Collaborative (AC3). She earned her PhD (Higher Education) and MS (Management & Organization) from Penn State University, MBA from Clarion University, and BS from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The definitive resource for mid-career professionals in the academy, this book provides a step-by-step guide to re-imagining the mid-career stage, regardless of career goals, whether aiming for full professorship or an administrative path, drawing on higher education, organizational studies, and human resource fields.
Essential guidance for scholars of faculty work, faculty developers, mid-career faculty members, and institutional leaders to build a strong foundation to design a diversified portfolio of mid-career stage programming is assured. The stories, examples, literature, and resources shared throughout this comprehensive work will provide inspiration, and reality checks, to mid-career faculty and the individuals charged with better supporting them. Readers will be able to:
Identify their career (or departmental/institutional) goals and next steps
Determine the gaps in needed skills, tools, and experiences to support goal achievement as next steps are pursued
Manage the process of taking newfound skills, tools, strategies, and resources to arrive at the intended destination.
Higher education faculty, administrators, and other academic leaders will be empowered to take control of the mid-career stage by using the resources, strategies, and tools offered throughout the book to build, implement, and assess a robust mid-career faculty development program.