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Direct linkLaursen, Sandra; Austin, Ann E. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
Despite decades of effort by federal science funders to increase the numbers of women holding advanced degrees and faculty jobs in science and engineering, they are persistently underrepresented in academic STEM disciplines, especially in positions of seniority, leadership, and prestige. Women filled 47% of all US jobs in 2015, but held only 24%…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Females, Change Strategies, Science Education
Download full textKezar, Adrianna; Maxey, Daniel – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2012
It is important for administrators, faculty, and policy makers to understand and consider how policies commonly associated with non-tenure-track faculty roles and working environments impact student learning. Many policies impede the ability of faculty to provide effective instruction that is aligned with departmental and institutional goals for…
Descriptors: Tenure, Outcomes of Education, College Faculty, Part Time Faculty
New England Resource Center for Higher Education, 2001
Ten years ago higher education scholars predicted a major faculty turnover in the late 1990s and into the twenty-first century--a prediction based on demographic data on an aging faculty. The turnover is under way, accelerated by early retirement policies. Currently blocks of faculty positions are opening up at regional colleges and universities,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Diversity (Faculty), Teacher Orientation, Tenure
Cahn, Steven M., Ed. – 1990
This book presents 14 essays from American philosophers who critically investigate the moral issues generated by academic life. Topics addressed include free speech on campus, justifications for tenure, faculty appointment and evaluation procedures, the differing demands of research and teaching, sexual harassment, parietal rules,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Collegiality, Ethics, Faculty Development
Parsons, Michael H. – 1985
Part-time faculty are essential to the accomplishment of the mission of postsecondary occupational education institutions. A commitment to excellence requires a comprehensive, systematic design for part-time faculty recruitment, development, assessment, and integration into the institution's delivery system. Careful attention to recruitment…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Collective Bargaining, Compensation (Remuneration), Contracts
Radner, Roy; Kuh, Charlotte V. – 1978
If no radical changes occur over the next 10 years in the aggregate relationships among college-age cohort sizes, enrollment figures and ratios of doctoral faculty-to-students, the mid-l980's and mid-l900's will see precipitous, but probably temporary declines in the demand for new Ph.D. faculty. Without the implementation of policies designed to…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Cohort Analysis, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees
