This guide is the result of the collective work of Knox faculty, new and seasoned, young and old, first undertaken in 1997 in the context of the ACE/Kellogg Faculty Workplace Project. The guide provides practical suggestions for life in the academy generally and Knox specifically. Having ourselves been helped by the advice of colleagues here and elsewhere but also being aware of how difficult it can sometimes be to find the right colleague to ask--or even to know the question to ask--we have compiled this collection of peer advice on matters we found to be common to many people's experience. This is not in any way an official guide to Knox regulations. It is just us talking to you, and hoping that you will find something of use in the conversation.

Thanks to the many others who helped by talking with us or by writing up their experiences or advice.  Thanks also to Peter Bailley for designing and implementing the web-based version of this guide.

Thanks also to Peter Bailley for designing and implementing the web-based version of this guide.

We have made this guide available on the web in order to facilitate its use, both by faculty at Knox and by people at other institutions. We encourage others to use this material, adapting it to their own institutional situations. You may make use of whatever material you like. We just ask that you give appropriate acknowledgement to the: Survival/Success Guide for Knox Faculty, 4th edition (Galesburg, Illinois: Knox College, 2004), that you inform us of your plan to use the material (pgold@knox.edu), and that you send a copy of your final product to: Professor Penny Gold, Coordinator, Faculty Development Program, Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401.

July 2004