Growth in Positions Off the Tenure Track Is a Trend That's Here To Stay, Study Finds.

Leatherman, Courtney

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ERIC Number: EJ584092

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Growth in Positions Off the Tenure Track Is a Trend That's Here To Stay, Study Finds.

Leatherman, Courtney

Chronicle of Higher Education, v45 n31 pA14-A16 Apr 9 1999

Increasing use of non-tenure-track, full-time college professors, which some thought a temporary solution to institutional budgeting, has become common policy, according to a study of existing data for 88 four-year institutions. While administrators find flexibility and savings in the practice, faculty accuse institutions of exploiting Ph.D.s and diminishing faculty's role in governance. (MSE)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Costs, Employment Practices, Full Time Faculty, Governance, Higher Education, Nontenured Faculty, Personnel Policy, Teacher Attitudes, Tenure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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