The Faculty will be a respected body of teacher-scholars, committed to the values of Christopher Newport University. In their commitment to the University, members of the faculty will possess broad academic interests and a primary academic expertise which foster their participation in an interdisciplinary university curriculum. The faculty will be inspired, rigorous and creative teachers, with the University and its students at the center of their professional lives. Accomplished researchers and scholars who hold the highest academic credentials in their respective disciplines, they will be representative in their intellectual diversity of the broad spectrum of liberal learning.

The faculty will be substantively engaged with students of the University - beyond the classroom - in contexts that develop scholarship, leadership and service. They will be full participants in all dimensions of the life of the University and full collegial partners in governing the university and in shaping its future. Members of the university faculty will be contributors to - and leaders of - the civic, artistic, scientific, commercial and educational enterprises of the region, the Commonwealth and the nation.

University Priority III

An Inspired Faculty
An exceptional faculty of respected teacher-scholars who thrive in a community of honor committed to liberal learning and civic responsibility.

Goals and Strategies

• Recruit and retain an exceptional and diverse faculty committed to the University's mission.
• Ensure exceptional quality of faculty life.
• Nurture a faculty committed to faculty-student intellectual engagement.
• Enhance faculty development resources and opportunities.
• Clarify faculty professional responsibilities.

• Value and support faculty research and scholarship.
• Support pedagogical innovation.
• Encourage and support cross-disciplinary teaching and scholarship.
• Encourage and support diverse approaches to outstanding teaching and scholarship.
• Create opportunities to acknowledge outstanding teaching, scholarship and service.
• Create a faculty assessment procedure that reflects the University's mission and core values.
• Value generalist and specialist faculty members.
• Establish a faculty mentoring program. 

• Affirm faculty responsibility for the University's curriculum.
• Foster faculty and administration collegiality and common goals.
• Improve the functions and structure of university committees.
• Implement the university strategic plan within each department.