Organizational rules explain organizational stability and change. Using national surveys and fieldwork, we examine changes in tenure and promotion rules at comprehensive colleges and universities from 1969 to 2002. We find that increased rule founding and change arise from the increasingly rationalized environment, such as the academic…

This study examines the characteristics of faculty who joined the top twenty departments in six disciplines between 1963 and 1966 in order to evaluate the relative importance of prestige of doctoral origin and scholarly performance in the selection for a position in these departments." (Author/SE)

In response to a legislative mandate, this report presents a set of statewide minimum qualifications to be used by California community college districts as the basis for hiring faculty. Introductory material explains that the new minimum qualifications, which replace the previously required credentials, are discipline based. In one set of…

Individuals with doctorates are increasingly turning to community colleges for full-time faculty positions in a sluggish academic job market. Some colleges hope the trend will boost overall faculty credentials, but not all community colleges are eager to recruit them, fearing Ph.D.s are not trained for the rigors of community college teaching…

Assembly Bill 1725 requires that the Board of Governors of California Community Colleges, relying upon the advice of the Academic Senate, prepare and maintain a list of disciplines that are "reasonably related" to one another, as well as a list of disciplines in which the master's degree is not generally available or expected of…