Coordinated Program Directors

To achieve tenure or promotion in higher education, faculty must show evidence of teaching competence, research productivity, and public service. Does the fact that directors of coordinated programs (CPs) in dietetics also have administrative responsibilities ( (1) Nyland M.K Spears S.C Myers E.F Activities of coordinated dietetic program directors compared by education background. J Am Diet Assoc. 1989; 89: 1822-1826 PubMed Google Scholar ) put them at risk for achieving tenure and promotion in higher education? Increased demands for research productivity challenge CP directors to balance these areas of responsibility. We designed this study to describe activities of former and current directors and to assess perceptions about research, tenure, and promotion.