A checklist of employment conditions that will help guide a board during its contract deliberations with an incoming president is presented. Conditions of employment, conditions of appointment, compensation, insurance, housing, travel, leave, leaving the presidency, and other conditions are covered. (MLW)

In 1969 Hampshire College in Massachusetts explore the "contract for service," by which faculty appointments are made for three-to-seven-year terms. Experience to date has shown low turnover, with fewer opportunities but better retention for young faculty. The relationship of the contract system to academic freedom is not yet tested.…