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Conley, Valerie Martin – American Association of University Professors, 2007
The Committee on Retirement of the American Association of University Professors initiated its first retirement policies survey in 2000 to address a lack of reliable and systematically collected information on retirement policies and practices across U.S. institutions of higher education. At the end of the 1990s, there was a sense that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Incentives, College Faculty, Change Strategies
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McLaughlin, Frost – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2005
This article discusses employment of part-time faculty at the community college level, including historical reasons for their current status, alternatives to this status, and specific steps to change it.
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Part Time Faculty, College Faculty, Community Colleges
American Federation of Teachers, 2004
A growing component of the instructional workforce in higher education, graduate teaching and research assistants are frequently viewed by university administrators and trustees as students rather than employees, according to this American Federation of Teachers (AFT) report. As the number of new full-time faculty hired decreases, an increased…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employment Practices, Employees, Unions