Teaching and Research Support for Faculty

Carleton College supports our faculty and their development at every stage of their careers — in their teaching, research, and other scholarly pursuits.

Perlman Center for Learning & Teaching (LTC)

LTC Library

Carleton’s Learning and Teaching Center coordinates programs for new and experienced faculty, circulates new information about teaching theories and strategies, and helps to identify problems and suggest solutions for classroom practice.

Learn more about the LTC.

Office of the Provost

The Office of the Provost (formerly Dean of the College) oversees the academic programs of the College and supports the work of the faculty.
Michelle Mattson

Academic Advising

Information and assistance on assignment and management of advisees, academic requirements, sophomore writing portfolio, and other support for advisors.
Yansi Perez

Information Technology Services

The Academic Technologists in Information Technology Services (ITS) support the academic technology needs of faculty for their courses and research.
Academic Technologists

Foundational Support

Registrar’s Office

The Registrar’s Office assists faculty with course creation and revising, grading submissions, advising information, and much more.
Laird Hall

Gould Library librarians and other staff

Gould Library librarians and staff work closely with faculty to provide research support for their classes and assignments, and partner with them to build library collections that support the curriculum.
Gould Library Exterior

A&I Seminar Resources

Help for Carleton faculty members teaching Argument and Inquiry seminars, courses designed to teach new students abut the meaning and value of a liberal arts education.
A group of people sit around a conference room table

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)

Carleton has long emphasized the importance of distributing writing instruction throughout the disciplines. Sophomore writing portfolios are used to assess and demonstrate student fluency in academic writing.
Weitz Center exterior

Quantitative Resource Center

The Quantitative Resource Center (QRC) provides workshops, class visits, and other support to faculty who teach quantitative skills and reasoning across the curriculum.
A group of people work together in a library

The IdeaLab

The IdeaLab provides integrated curricular support and training with a special emphasis on technology tools, media, visual representations and audio.
IdeaLab in Session

Additional Teaching and Research Support

A professor and students in a classroom

Fostering excellent teaching at Carleton isn’t just about hiring the best teachers. It also involves ensuring that our professors are supported throughout their careers.

Although every professional trajectory is different, teaching at Carleton is far from a game of chance — no matter which path our professors take, they’ll find support along the way to help them excel.

An infographic shows the path of support for Carleton faculty
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