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Download full textBorisoff, Deborah – 1997
From the time a new faculty member is hired until a final decision is made on promotion and tenure, his/her record will undergo constant scrutiny by departmental personnel committees, school and/or university-wide committees, external reviewers, and administrators. A formal and clear-cut mentoring system can benefit new faculty members: senior…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Mentors
Keith, Kent M. – 1997
In this study, 76 faculty (48 tenured, 28 nontenured) at 5 private universities were interviewed and asked to rate seven questions on tenure and then comment on their ratings. Faculty were at small and medium-sized colleges and universities in Southern California and represented the fields of sociology, history, biology, and business. The faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Due Process, Employment Practices
McCarthy, Marianne B. – 1978
A survey was done to assess whether institutions of higher education are recognizing the contributions made by their faculty who are teaching in adult/continuing education and extension programs by integrating these services into the institution's faculty evaluation and reward system. The administrations from over 170 private and public…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, College Faculty, Community Services
Kelly, Michael; Kitabchi, Gloria – 1982
The legal developments regarding dismissal of tenured faculty members because of financial exigency are considered. Attention is directed to, the ability of the public or private institution to dismiss and the constitution of a state of financial exigency and a bona fide dismissal. A standard for claiming financial exigency that was suggested by…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Court Litigation, Departments
Habecker, Eugene B. – 1980
Issues related to reevaluation of tenure at "Exeter College," a fictitious small, private college, are examined. Based on analysis of financial resources, students and faculty ratios, and systematic effects of tenure at Exeter, a mandate for tenure reevaluation was established. The following areas were reviewed: the relationship between tenure and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Affirmative Action, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Dey, Eric L. – 1990
A study of college faculty stressors attempted to address limitations in previous research by extending the variables measured to include both on- and off-campus sources of stress and by testing the implicit assumption that all faculty perceive the same dimensions of stress, albeit at different levels. Data were drawn from a 1989-90 national…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Teachers, Church Related Colleges, College Faculty
