Lessons Learned: Improving the New Faculty Orientation Program

摘要

The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. The Institute provides technical and professional continuing education for the United States Air Force and is also home to a fully accredited graduate program, the Graduate School of Engineering and Management. AFIT offers Master's and Doctoral degrees in STEM areas in support of the mission of the US Air Force. AFIT is unique from most universities on a number of aspects, including its two categories of faculty personnel: military and civilian. The civilian faculty tend to be traditional tenure-track and typically remain at the institution for much or most of their careers. The military faculty, however, are assigned to faculty positions for anywhere from three to six years, depending on their career field and the needs of the Air Force.