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Direct linkKezar, Adrianna; Sam, Cecile – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2010
This monograph complements volume 36, issue number 4 of ASHE Higher Education Report: "Understanding the New Majority of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty," and focuses on theories applied to study non-tenure-track faculty and philosophical and practical tensions represented in the literature. The chapter "Theories Used to Study and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Nontenured Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Adjunct Faculty
Bennett, James T.; Johnson, Manuel H. – 1979
Demographic and economic trends that will influence higher education and the implications for collective bargaining and forced faculty unionism are considered. Section II presents enrollment and cost data for the period 1965-1985, which determine the demand for instructional staff at colleges and universities; data are also provided on the supply…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Costs
Hand, N. Shelton, Jr. – 1979
The author notes in his introduction to this chapter that judicial review of institutional decisions remains at an all-time high. He urges administrators to be aware of the developments in law pertaining to higher education but cautions them not to apply general concepts to specific questions. He notes that the weight of litigation in 1978 serves…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, College Faculty, Colleges, Court Litigation
Download full textKezar, Adrianna J. – 1999
Historically, legal issues have not been well represented in the higher education research literature. Two sources, however, regularly discuss legal issues: the Journal of College and University Law and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Three main themes emerge in the literature on legal issues: (1) rethinking and refining of traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Administrative Policy, College Faculty
Peer reviewedMullaney, John Ward; Timberlake, Elizabeth March – Journal of Social Work Education, 1994
Analysis of court cases, employment law, and events in higher education yielded information about tenure as a contract, use of credentials as evidence, and due process in orderly tenure procedures. Academic, legal, and ethical perspectives are considered. Guidelines for social work faculty in dealing with these issues are offered. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conflict Resolution, Contracts, Court Litigation
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1984
Decisions made by federal and state courts during 1983 concerning the employment, dismissal, and tenuring of the employees of public agencies--in particular, public schools--are reported in this chapter. The chapter first addresses discrimination in employment based on race, sex, age, or physical limitations and notes that the shifting burden of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Contracts
