The theme of these papers is the development of a college or university personnel policy suitable for a time of little or no expansion in student or faculty number and also a time when stability follows a period of rapid growth coupled with considerable change in faculty expectations and governance patterns. The papers deal almost exclusively with…

This survey of faculty tenure and contract systems was conducted during August 1974 as a followup to an earlier Higher Education Panel survey of institutional policies and practices affecting faculty employment. A survey questionnaire mailed to the entire membership of the Higher Education Panel (644 institutions) received a 91 percent response…

From a survey designed to determine the current practices involved in faculty tenure and contract systems at colleges and universities throughout the U.S., it is estimated that 94.7% of faculty members work in institutions that have tenure systems. It is further determined that personnel practices in most institutions with tenure systems are…