Colleges and universities increasingly rely on faculty quality as a measure of institutional self-worth (Bai, 1999; Tien & Blackburn, 1996). The faculty, broadly defined, provide the teaching, research, and service which connects an institution to its surrounding environment, whether defined as a city, state, or academic discipline. Accepting the notion of faculty quality as an indicator of institutional quality, there is a paramount need to for the institution to invest in faculty at all stages of their careers. As argued by Nadler and Miller (1994), continued faculty growth and performance need to be early components of a faculty member's academic career, and actually begin when the faculty member steps foot on campus. Largely, this is a transitional phase in the development of a faculty member, and subsequently, institutions have a responsibility to create an atmosphere, environment, and culture that helps faculty members succeed.The concern for the College of Education at San Jose State University has been somewhat more complex than facing the need for long-term faculty growth. With competitive salaries and competitive higher education institutions in the San Francisco Bay Area, there is a need to quickly embrace new faculty members and to provide them with the tools they will need to succeed. San Jose State University also is classified as a "minority-majority" campus, where minority enrollments exceed the non-minority enrollments, and the university is a member of the 23-campus California State University, the largest state system in the United States. Combining these two factors with a population in San Jose that now ranks it as the nation's eleventh largest city, faculty members can feel disoriented and frustrated. The College of Education acknowledged these frustrations and immediately set to work on a program of orienting new faculty to their academic assignment and life in San Jose.For heuristic purposes, the College of Education at SJSU enrolls approximately 1,600 students and has 85 faculty members. The College is primarily graduate-oriented, and offers only two undergraduate majors. The bulk of the College's enrollment is in the Division of Teacher Education, which, as the name implies, primarily prepares teachers for elementary and secondary school teaching posts. Other divisions in the College include Educational Leadership and Development, Child Development, and Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The College welcomes between eight and twelve new faculty members each year. San Jose State University, located in downtown San Jose, in the heart of the Silicon Valley, enrolls approximately 31,000 students in eight academic colleges.
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