Professional opportunities
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The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth offers significant professional opportunities for professors, administrators, and others in the field of higher education. This public university is distinguished by its vision and vitality, signaled by impressive expansion in academic programs, enrollment and employment, research initiatives and funding, and community service. Our location in southeastern Massachusetts, among the state's most liveable regions, serves to heighten the appeal of a career with UMass Dartmouth.
UMass Dartmouth: moving ahead
- 365 faculty, 92 percent of whom have terminal degrees
- Sponsored research has tripled in the last six years, now at $20 million-plus:
- New 22,000 square foot research building opened in 2007
- The university supports faculty through two internal funds dedicated to research and creative activities, and two grants for projects that address critical community needs
- Our location facilitates collaborations with Boston and Providence institutions, including Tufts, MIT, Brown, Harvard, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- The School for Marine Science and Technology is internationally recognized for its graduate programs, research endeavors, and innovative community partnerships
- New graduate programs have been added in all colleges, in fields such as biomedical engineering, public policy, Portuguese Studies, computer engineering, and nursing
- We offer new and updated undergraduate curricula in education, materials engineering, business, crime and justice and a partnership with Southern New England Law School
- The library, classrooms, studios and labs have been revamped with state-of-the-art technology; an $11 million addition is planned for the business college
Benefits at UMass Dartmouth
- University benefits include group health, dental, and life insurance; programs for disability income protection, retirement, flexible spending accounts, workers compensation, tax-sheltered annuities; employee-vendor discounts
- Employees' spouses, partners, and dependents are eligible for tuition waivers at state public colleges and universities
- The Center for Teaching Excellence, staffed by faculty, sponsors a range of programs focused on professional development
- The New Faculty Institute advises on university life and issues such as appointments and tenure
Superior quality of life
By any measure, few regions match the quality of life within southeastern Massachusetts:
- a location rich in natural beauty and resources
- an economy that is growing
- distinctive communities with quality, affordable homes
- a wide range of social, cultural, and recreational activity
Living in this area offers:
- an unusual, appealing mix of urban, suburban, and rural, combining art galleries, historic districts, and ethnic restaurants with bike paths, working farms, and ocean beaches
- an environment that offers the best in recreation opportunities and serves as a research resource for fields such as marine science
- the ability to buy homes comparable to those in greater Boston at far lower prices
- career opportunities for partners and spouses: the number of high tech, finance, and health care companies in the area is on the rise, with an expected 1 million-plus jobs by 2010 for those entering the job market
- good schools, public and private: you can review the results of the state's standardized testing of public school systems at profiles.doe.mass.edu
- a thriving arts and entertainment scene that runs a wide gamut, from the folk concerts at the Narrows Center for the Arts, in Fall River, to plays at the Zeiterion Theater and exhibits at our arts campus as well as the Whaling Museum in New Bedford
- easy access to major highways, airports, and rail transportation
Statistics
(based on 2007-2008 data)
- 9,080 undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students
- 65 undergraduate fields of study
- 29 graduate programs
- 365 faculty
- 92% with terminal degrees
- 18% of 322 tenured or tenure track professors are persons of color
- 34% women
- 1,028 university employees
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