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Peer reviewedGappa, Judith M.; Austin, Ann E.; Trice, Andrea G. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2005
Faculty and their work are the heart, and thus determine the health, of every college and university and have a lasting impact on the many lives they touch. Well over a million faculty members now teach about 15 million students at over 4,000 colleges and universities in this country. The continued vitality of the academic profession is therefore…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Tenure, Socioeconomic Influences, Sociocultural Patterns
Gappa, Judith M. – 1996
This paper, one in a series about the priorities of the professoriate, explores several alternatives to tenure for faculty and institutions. Data for the study was drawn from a series of site visits to seven institutions during winter/spring 1995-96. Seventy-one interviews were conducted with administrators, senior faculty, and full-time…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Rank (Professional), Career Development, Career Ladders
