ERIC Number: ED140737
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1971
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Academic Tenure in American Higher Education.
Shaw, B. N.
A study was conducted in 1969-1970 to determine the policies for the acquisition and termination of academic tenure and the procedures used to implement these policies in state universities and land-grant colleges. Eighty institutions were studied, and the investigation was based on the official publications or statements obtained from them. It is concluded from the results of the study that: (1) policies and procedures vary in degrees of completeness, clarity, and perfection; (2) tenure plans of the institutions are as diverse as American higher education itself; (3) a comparison of the present results with those of previous studies shows improvement in policies and procedures; (4) the rank at which faculty members are eligible for tenure has not changed significantly since earlier studies; (5) probationary periods have not changed significantly since earlier studies; (6) the higher the academic rank, the larger the percentage of tenured faculty; (7) the 30 percent of responses indicating that data are not available shows a serious deficiency in recordkeeping of tenure termination proceedings and faculty dismissals; (8) tenure termination cases are not frequent in these institutions; and (9) the tenure termination rate during the study was higher in some institutions than in others. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Job Layoff, Land Grant Universities, National Surveys, Personnel Policy, Probationary Period, State Colleges, State Universities, Teacher Dismissal, Tenure
Adams Press, 30 W. Washington St., Chicago, Illinois 60602 ($2.45)
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