Faculty Focus

What Faculty Focus does

Faculty Focus is a free online publication that delivers articles, podcasts, and downloadable reports on higher-education teaching and learning. It is owned and operated by Magna Publications and is branded as 'A FREE PUBLICATION FROM THE TEACHING PROFESSOR.' Content is contributed by active faculty, instructional designers, and teaching center leaders, and is organized across 13 topic areas including course design, educational assessment, online education, classroom management, academic leadership, faculty development, and teaching with technology. The site archives 757 pages of content and the Faculty Focus Live Podcast has produced 83+ episodes available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Amazon Music.

Faculty Focus does not rely on proprietary technology; its value sits in a large curated content library, a community of practitioner contributors, and SEO plus email-driven distribution. Faculty Focus itself generates no direct revenue; it functions as the top-of-funnel brand and lead-generation vehicle for Magna Publications' paid portfolio. Magna monetizes through recurring subscriptions (The Teaching Professor, Academic Leader), self-paced online courses (including AI-themed offerings), 20-Minute Mentor programs, the Journal of Faculty Development, the Teaching Professor Digital Library with LMS single sign-on, and a calendar of annual conferences (AI in Education, Teaching Professor, FDPC, IDPC, Leadership in Higher Education, Workforce Readiness).

The primary audience is higher-education faculty seeking practical strategies for AI integration, online and hybrid teaching, assessment redesign, and student engagement. Secondary audiences include teaching-center leaders, instructional designers, and academic administrators. The company operates from Madison, Wisconsin, with 11-50 employees, and is privately held under Magna Publications with no disclosed outside investment.

Name

Faculty Focus

Legal name

Faculty Focus

Website

https://facultyfocus.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Faculty Focus is a free online publication owned by Magna Publications that delivers articles, podcasts, and reports on higher-education teaching, serving faculty, instructional designers, and academic administrators as a lead-generation vehicle for Magna's paid subscriptions, courses, and conferences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Professional Development Content

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Research & Pedagogy Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interdisciplinary/General Education & Study Skills (EDAGABAN)

Keywords

• Higher education teaching
• Faculty development
• Online education content
• Course design resources
• Educational assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Madison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Free Content Publication: Faculty Focus publishes free articles, resources, and a podcast to attract and retain a large audience of higher education faculty. This free content drives newsletter subscriptions and brand awareness, which funnels users toward paid Magna Publications products.
2. Paid Subscriptions and Products (via Magna Publications): Magna Publications sells paid subscriptions (The Teaching Professor, Academic Leader), online courses, 20-Minute Mentor programs, and the Teaching Professor Digital Library to institutions and individuals. Faculty Focus serves as a lead generation and brand-building vehicle for these paid offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Faculty Focus is a free digital publication website that publishes articles, podcasts, and free reports on higher education teaching and learning. It serves as the consumer-facing brand of Magna Publications, cross-promoting paid subscriptions, online courses, mentor programs, conferences, and digital libraries for educators.

Product overview

Faculty Focus is a free digital publication from Magna Publications focused on higher education teaching and learning. The offering consists of a content publishing platform (facultyfocus.com) that delivers articles, podcasts, and free reports on teaching strategies, course design, educational technology, and faculty development. Faculty Focus serves as the consumer-facing brand for Magna Publications' portfolio of educational products, which includes The Teaching Professor newsletter, Magna Online Courses (self-paced professional development including AI-focused courses), 20-Minute Mentor programs, the Journal of Faculty Development, Academic Leader subscription, and the Teaching Professor Digital Library. The platform also organizes and promotes annual conferences including the AI in Education Conference, Faculty Development Professionals Conference, and Teaching Professor Conference. Faculty Focus content frequently covers AI literacy, AI in assessment, and practical AI tools for educators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Faculty Focus Publication

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Magna PublicationscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFaculty Focus is owned and operated by Magna Publications. It is described as 'A FREE PUBLICATION FROM THE TEACHING PROFESSOR.' Magna Publications sells related higher education professional development products (subscriptions, courses, conferences) that Faculty Focus cross-promotes. The relationship is parent-subsidiary/branded content within the Magna ecosystem.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EDUCAUSE: A major nonprofit association serving higher-ed IT and teaching/learning professionals through publications, conferences, and research. Comparable because both produce research-informed content on teaching, learning, and educational technology for higher-ed audiences and run conferences.
• EdSurge: An independent news and research outlet covering educational technology in higher ed and K-12. Comparable because both produce editorially driven, free content targeted at educators navigating technology-driven changes in their teaching practice.
• Inside Higher Ed: A leading free higher-ed news and opinion outlet serving faculty, administrators, and academic leaders. Comparable to Faculty Focus in that both rely on free, content-driven models targeted at higher-ed professionals and compete for the same faculty attention.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: The dominant paid news and information source for U.S. higher-education professionals. Comparable to Faculty Focus because both serve higher-ed decision-makers and faculty with curated editorial content, though the Chronicle operates at much larger scale and covers the full higher-ed agenda, not just pedagogy.
• LinkedIn Learning: A large-scale professional development video platform offering courses on teaching, instructional design, and education technology. Comparable to Faculty Focus because both serve educators seeking skill development, though LinkedIn Learning competes at far broader scale and lower price points.

Direct peers

• Cult of Pedagogy: A well-known educator-run platform offering a podcast, blog, and resources on teaching practice across K-12 and higher ed. Highly comparable to Faculty Focus because both target educators with practitioner-authored content delivered via articles and a podcast, and both monetize adjacent courses or memberships.
• POD Network (Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education): A professional association for faculty developers and educational developers in higher education. Comparable because both serve faculty-development professionals with conferences, publications, and resources on teaching and learning practice.
• Harvard Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning: A university teaching center publishing teaching guides, videos, and resources for higher-ed instructors. Comparable because both publish practitioner-facing pedagogy content for college faculty and host events/programs on evidence-based teaching.
• ACUE (Association of College and University Educators): An organization that delivers faculty development courses and credentials to college instructors. Comparable because both focus on professional development for higher-ed faculty and offer courses/credentials to improve teaching effectiveness.
• Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: A university teaching center that publishes widely cited guides on college teaching, course design, and assessment. Comparable to Faculty Focus because both produce practitioner-oriented, freely accessible pedagogical content aimed at higher-ed instructors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/facultyfocus
• Facebookfacebook.com/facultyfocus
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/groups/4249252

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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