Tenure Track Faculty

Chicago State University (CSU), is the oldest public university in the Chicago metropolitan area. Chicago State University is Illinois’ only four-year U.S. Department of Education-designated Predominantly Black Institution (PBI). CSU serves over 1,500 undergraduate students and nearly 900 graduate students. The university is a nationally accredited university with five colleges in Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Health Sciences and Pharmacy and proudly supports a diverse and non-traditional student population that hails from 28 countries and 36 states.

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All faculty positions are governed by the tenets of a collective bargaining agreement. Faculty are hired, evaluated, retained, promoted, and tenured based on conditions covered in the union contract. Primary duties include teaching and related activities assigned during a 9- or 12-month year. It is expected that each Tenure Track (TT) faculty member will engage in all three activities of teaching, scholarship- including research, and service.

Teaching: Tenure Track (TT) faculty members are expected to teach four to six courses per year; develop syllabi, teaching materials, organize, analyze and present knowledge or materials related to courses taught; and collaborate with other faculty in the development of new courses and/or programs. In addition, faculty advise students, participate in professional development activities to be current in nursing and nursing education, as well as engage in assessment activities related to accreditation and program evaluation.

Research: TT faculty members are expected to engage in scholarly activity including research and/or other scholarly activities germane to nursing practice and nursing education, which results in publications and material as works in refereed, professional or general readership publications; submit and receive externally awarded grants; and, submit present at academic and professional conferences

Service: Faculty members are expected to serve on committees, programs, and/or special task forces at the department, college, university, professional, and community levels; assume leadership roles over time and as they increase in rank. These activities are not for compensation and have a relationship to the employees’ assigned responsibilities and to the university.