This study explores how faculty across disciplines access and share scholarly serial content and what expectations they have for immediacy. The authors conducted twenty-five in-depth, semi-structured interviews with faculty of various ranks representing all Illinois State University (ISU) colleges. The findings, presented in the words of…

Faculty (N = 205) at regional public universities (RPUs) in the United States were surveyed for self-reports of their primary academic identity (teacher, researcher) and qualitative descriptions of struggles related to their academic identity. Well-being and job satisfaction were examined as outcome measures of identity struggles. Participants…

Most of the phases of teacher personnel have been thoroughly studied and investigated. Turnover, however, is an exception. Only a few studies bearing directly on this question have been made. None of these has given consideration to it over a period of years. Furthermore, no study of any extent has been made in Illinois. Purpose of the…