The time, effort, and frustration spent in the publication arena is documented as one of most difficult challenges faced by practitioners moving into the higher education arena. Yet, consistently there is an outcry for expertise from field to enter college and university classrooms. The dilemma, then, rests on how to attract experts from the field into the university realm and support them in the transition process. This article addresses this challenge from viewpoints of both the beginning professor and the senior mentor. Ideas, suggestions, and proven mentoring methods are presented for discussion and support in the hope of attaining mutual success for the transitioning expert and the master professor as they expand the body of knowledge for the field.