Hello all,
Hoping to get this to any and all that might be interested before the summer break. Please do share if you know of anyone who would like to contribute.
Please see the attached CFP asking for chapter contributors to the second volume on TSC program administration. As explained in the CFP, this second volume aims to present/outline some of our best practices that would be useful to new TSC administrators—whether that is a junior faculty member (right out of grad school) or a senior faculty member moving into this administrative role. Additionally, the goal is to continue collecting the practices of TSC program administration and to add to the practical advice for TSC program administrators. Given the current national economic, cultural, and technological climates, chapters on enrollment and/or budget management, AI integration, and building diversity and community support seem particularly relevant.
Chapters should focus on the pragmatic not the theoretical. Equally important, the chapter should also highlight the “transferable skills” involved in working through the process as an administrator. And each chapter should offer clear advice, steps, and/or best practices, and should illustrate through example/case study how the steps are/were put into practice. Lastly, the chapters would include lessons learned/takeaways.
Suggested ideas for chapters include:
· TSC programs by the numbers, what you need to know about budgets
· TSC programs by the numbers, what you need to know about scheduling, and faculty workloads
· TSC programs by the numbers, what you need to know about Majors/Minors
· Building new types of programs, like certificates and badges, in addition to or in place of full degree programs
· Understanding TSC Programs and Faculty Composition—TT to NTTF to Adjuncts
· Managing teaching, research, service, and programmatic responsibilities
· Developing online, hybrid, f2f TSC programs
· Developing AI-centered curriculum
· Using AI in programmatic assessment, scheduling, marketing
· Building campus alliances, support, marketing
· Building community alliances, supporting “inclusive excellence”
· Knowing when to step down, say NO, move on
· Developing undergraduate versus graduate TSC Programs
· TSC programs and faculty professional development
· “Future proofing” TSC curriculum
· Working with different seniority: the untenured or junior program administrator
· Starting as a tenured program administrative
· The role of the service courses in TSC Programs
· Changing curricula in TSC programs, responding to shifts in industry/culture/workplace
· Other, to be proposed by contributor
To participate, please send the following to tcprogrambook2 by June 20, 2025:
- A tentative title for your chapter
- A 250-300 word abstract that overviews your chapter (what it will cover and how)
- Your name, department, and affiliation as you would like them listed for this project
We will provide comments on your entry and author guidelines by August 15, 2025. A full chapter draft (5000-7000 words not including “Works Cited entries) would be due by January 9, 2026.
Please let me know if you have any questions and/or need any additional information. Thank you for your attention to this!
Alex
K. Alex Ilyasova, Ph.D.
(Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
Associate Professor, TCID Department
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Office ACAD 5th floor
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Where to find me:
I am working remotely, please email me