Mapping the Terrain of Mid-Career Faculty at a Research University: Implications for Faculty and Academic Leaders.

The article focuses on a study which aims to map the terrain of mid-career faculty experience. Researchers from the University of Michigan in East Lansing, Michigan focus on mid-career tenured faculty and department chairs who shared their experiences, needs, and opinions. It summarizes key themes and topics on the subject for the sake of personnel committees, chairs, faculty developers, and other administrators of research universities. They also offer the study's findings, implications, insight, and recommendations.