Unwinding the Faculty Overload Trap: Costs, Consequences, and Ways Forward
Greg D. Pillar • Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs • Gardner-Webb University • Boiling Springs, NC
November 21, 2025
What may have begun as a short-term fix has become higher education’s slow-burning strain, stretching faculty, budgets, and impacting students over time. This essay examines how overload took root, what it costs the people it touches, and how leaders can begin to unwind it. Read more >
