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STEM Department Chairpersons as Scholar Educators: How STEM Department Chairpersons Support Student Success and Navigate the Added Complexities of Hiring Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
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Katy Venter – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The rise in numbers of non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) and the impact on student success is not a simple causal relationship. Rather, it is a complex formula of academic supports, strategic staffing, and professional socialization that drives student retention and, inevitably, graduation. At the center of the administration, policies, students,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Department Heads, Academic Achievement, Teacher Selection
The University of Massachusetts Amherst Model: A Comprehensive Strategy for Enhancing Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Work Environments and Student Outcomes. 2023 Delphi Award Finalist
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Natsumi Ueda; Adrianna Kezar – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2023
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMA), a public research university, has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to improving working conditions for non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) with a 20-year track record of progressive policies to improve the support for them. This commitment is manifested through a series of improvements in policies,…
Descriptors: Nontenured Faculty, College Faculty, Work Environment, Teaching Conditions