Faculty Development
The quality of the Institute's academic program rests largely on our ability to attract, develop, and retain a faculty of the highest caliber. VMI seeks to cultivate an intellectually vibrant, cohesive, and giving faculty that is committed to delivering a challenging undergraduate experience designed to develop cadets' abilities to anticipate, respond, and lead in a complex and changing world. Small class sizes enable faculty to interact closely with cadets both inside and outside of the classroom. VMI boasts a 10.4 : 1* student to faculty ratio.
Faculty Expertise
The faculty, 96% of who hold Ph.D.s, is renowned for teaching excellence, mentorship of students, scholarly engagement and expertise, commitment to service, and encouragement of undergraduate research.
Faculty Expertise Database
Faculty Profile*
| RANK |
| Professors |
69 |
| Associate Professors |
22 |
| Assistant Professors |
25 |
| Lecturers |
0 |
| Instructors |
4 |
| |
| DEGREE |
| Doctoral Degrees |
114 |
| Masters Degrees |
6 |
| |
| TENURE |
| Tenured |
76 |
Tenure Track
(including visiting chairs) |
27 |
| Non-Tenure Track |
17 |
| |
| GENDER |
| Male |
135 |
| Female |
37 |
|
FULL-TIME
|
PART-TIME
|
Total Faculty
(Excluding ROTC)
|
120
|
52
|
* Data from Fall 2008 census.
Faculty Development Opportunities
Dean of the Faculty sponsors an array of developmental opportunities—financial as well as practical support—to enable faculty to prosper as members of our educational community.
- Faculty may apply for awards for travel, grants to support their research and course development, and for leave to pursue scholarly or pedagogical projects.
- Funds for Professional Development, 2009-2010
- Dean is fully committed to providing the resources necessary to enable faculty to meet, even exceed, the ideals expressed in the Institute’s Statement on Faculty Expectations.
- The Institute also boasts a Professorships and Chairs Program that acknowledges excellence among our permanent faculty and brings visiting scholars and teachers to Post each year.
- Faculty may submit a Core Curriculum Course Proposal designed to elicit information that will help the Core Curriculum Oversight Committee (Core Curriculum Oversight Committee) understand how the proposed course will enable students to realize the learning outcomes the Core is intended to develop.
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