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Kezar, Adrianna; Gehrke, Sean – Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This study broadens our understanding of conditions that shape faculty composition in higher education. We surveyed academic deans to evaluate their views on the professoriate, values, pressures, and practices pertaining to the use of non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF). We utilized [ordinary-least-squares] OLS regression to test a model for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, School Demography, Colleges, Deans
Kezar, Adrianna; Gehrke, Sean – Liberal Education, 2014
Why are so many non-tenure-track faculty being hired? The answer may at first seem so obvious as to make the question itself seem absurd. Most department chairs, deans, and tenured or tenure-track faculty members would likely point to budget shortfalls, last-minute increases in enrollments, and the inability to win approval for new tenure-track…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Nontenured Faculty, Tenure, Teacher Selection