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Direct linkCurtis, John W.; Thornton, Saranna – Academe, 2013
This article presents the annual report on the economic status of the profession. This year's report covers three main issues--all perennial problems, but with new analysis based on the latest data--in addition to summarizing the current results from the annual American Association of University Professors (AAUP) survey of full-time faculty…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Level, Economic Status, Annual Reports
Heim, Werner G. – Academe, 2006
In this paper, the author describes what might happen if a college got rid of its board of trustees and the faculty became voting partners in running the "corporation." What if there was no board of trustees composed mainly of outsiders? What if the president was chosen by and responsible to the faculty? What, in short, if the faculty owned the…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Higher Education, College Faculty, Governance
Peer reviewedThompson, Karen – Academe, 1992
Issues arising from the increasing use of part-time college faculty as an institutional cost-management strategy are discussed, including implications for faculty joining unions, tenure, governance and administrative hierarchy, faculty workload, quality of education, and public confidence in higher education. The trend is seen as ultimately…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Faculty, Costs
Peer reviewedAcademe, 1996
The report and proposed policy statement of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) concerning tenure among medical school faculty describes some changes occurring in academic medical centers and their implications for faculty status and academic freedom. It then details AAUP policy principles, focusing on academic appointments,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Educational Trends, Employment Practices, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedTierney, William G. – Academe, 1999
Notes that increasing numbers of medical schools no longer guarantee the full salary of tenured professors and suggests faculty members must rely on traditional structures of shared governance to ensure that the decoupling of tenure from salary does not destroy academic freedom within the university. Evaluates five models proposed to deal with the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Governance, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBurgan, Mary A. – Academe, 1988
The current trend toward academic gamesmanship, characterized by interinstitutional competition for faculty, gives the general public a superficial notion of academic excellence, deceives higher education supporters, deprives undergraduates of teaching that they are paying higher prices to receive, and gauges success by ephemeral standards.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Competition, Educational Economics, Faculty Recruitment
