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Pedro Pineda; Diego Salazar Morales – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Through multilevel regression analysis, we examine the impact of managerialism, particularly accreditation practices, on the increasing job insecurity in universities. We find that universities that are accredited, private, secular or non-Catholic are more likely to offer insecure jobs, but that the relevance of these factors depends on each…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Universities
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Bush, Timothy Mark – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This paper will consider how short-term contracts function as a technology for governing a new generation of teachers in Australia. It will proceed from Foucault's understanding that neoliberal modes of power seek to 'guide' or shape the conduct of the governed. In particular, the paper will consider how the short-term contracts implicate…
Descriptors: Job Security, Contracts, Teacher Employment, Foreign Countries
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Teachers College Record, 2014
Background/context: Over the past 40 years, the composition of the professoriate has changed substantially across all institutional types. Once predominantly tenure track, now nontenure-track faculty (NTTF) constitute more than 70% of the faculty. While these major changes have occurred, we know little about key stakeholders' views…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Tenure, College Faculty, Stakeholders
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Yassin, Sulaiman Md. – International Education Studies, 2014
Without any doubt happiness among staff in any organization is pertinent to ensure continued growth and development. However, not many studies were carried out to determine the domains that will be able to measure the level of happiness among staff in universities. Thus, the aim of this study is to elicit the domains that explain the overall…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Research Universities, Psychological Patterns
Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2010
Each school year, the School Climate Survey is administered to gather information on the perceptions that students, their parents, and school staffs hold concerning their schools and their performance. In 2009-2010, the survey was distributed to approximately 85,000 parents, 45,000 elementary, secondary, and adult students, and 25,000 staff. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Educational Environment, Surveys
Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2009
Each school year, the School Climate Survey is administered to gather information on the perceptions that students, their parents, and school staffs hold concerning their schools and their performance. In 2008-2009, the survey was distributed to approximately 90,200 parents, 54,200 elementary, secondary, and adult students, and 25,000 staff. This…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Educational Environment, Surveys