The State of Professional Development in Higher Education 2016


  • This report analyzes survey responses from 971 managers and frontline faculty and staff at colleges and universities. Get a comparison of this year's investment in professional development (PD) against last year's, and uncover new findings and emerging stories of what teams are leveraging professional development to move their institutions forward —and what you can learn from them.

    In this report:

    1. A year-over-year scorecard of 8 critical professional development (PD) metrics.
    2. Evidence that institutions need to raise the bar of what they expect from professional development.
    3. Two key findings that can help you maximize the return on your PD in 2016.
    4. Ten practical tips for optimizing the return on a professional development event.
    5. A template for a written professional development plan.



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