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Dual Labor Markets in Higher Education? The Case of Two Schools at the University of Buenos Aires
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Rabossi, Marcelo – Higher Education Policy, 2021
The dual labor market theory (DLM) posited the existence of two distinct labor markets working in parallel. A primary one is a place where high wages, employment stability and high opportunities for advancement are the norms. On the other hand, low wages, arbitrariness and less desirable working conditions determine a secondary market. The main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Labor Market
A Delicate Balance: How Postsecondary Education Dance Faculty in the United States Perceive Themselves Negotiating Responsibilities Expected for Tenure
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Duffy, Ali – Research in Dance Education, 2019
Discussions about tenure among postsecondary education dance faculty elicit a spectrum of perspectives and emotions ranging from excitement to confusion to fear. Faculty carefully weigh the potential for academic freedom and job security against the sometimes unclear and potentially unreasonable expectations regarding how to achieve tenure. These…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Tenure, Teacher Attitudes, Dance Education
Getting Started on the Tenure Track: Challenges and Strategies for Success
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Larson, Lincoln R.; Duffy, Lauren N.; Fernandez, Mariela; Sturts, Jill; Gray, Joey; Powell, Gwynn M. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2019
Tenure-track positions at institutions of higher education are often highly coveted because they offer job stability, academic freedom, and higher pay. Despite this allure, the academic career path is fraught with challenges, particularly during the first few years of a tenure-track position where one must balance new demands and escalating…
Descriptors: Tenure, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Minority Group Teachers
An Investigation on the Dominant Career Anchors of Faculty Members: The Case of Mersin University
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Unal, Burcu; Gizir, Sidika – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
Due to social, economic, and political changes, as well as changing institutional priorities, the permeation of managerialism has impelled universities to redefine the roles and functions of its faculty members. Therefore, researchers from various disciplines have focused on the career choices and paths of such members. In this context, the…
Descriptors: Investigations, College Faculty, Teacher Role, Teacher Responsibility
A Comparison of Career Success between Graduates of Vocational and Academic Tertiary Education
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Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Geel, Regula – Oxford Review of Education, 2014
This paper analyses whether tertiary education of different types, i.e., academic or vocational tertiary education, leads to more or less favorable labor market outcomes. We study the problem for Switzerland, where more than two thirds of the workforce gain vocational secondary degrees and a substantial number go on to a vocational tertiary degree…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Success, Career Development
Divergent Paths: Economic Mobility in the New American Labor Market.
Bernhardt, Annette; Morris, Martina; Handcock, Mark S.; Scott, Marc A. – 2001
The changes in career development and upward mobility in response to recent changes in the U.S. labor market were examined in a study that included an analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Men and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Analysis of the data, which covered the period 1966-1994, established that the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Coordination, Definitions