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Direct linkLaRocco, Susan A. – Academe, 2006
In 1999, most deans of nursing schools that belonged to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing reported that they did not have a faculty shortage. By 2005, however, 75 percent of U.S. nursing schools cited faculty shortages as the major reason for denying admission to qualified students. The average age of nurse educators holding PhDs is…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Health Occupations, Faculty Recruitment, Labor Turnover
Peer reviewedBurgan, Mary A. – Academe, 1988
The current trend toward academic gamesmanship, characterized by interinstitutional competition for faculty, gives the general public a superficial notion of academic excellence, deceives higher education supporters, deprives undergraduates of teaching that they are paying higher prices to receive, and gauges success by ephemeral standards.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Competition, Educational Economics, Faculty Recruitment
Peer reviewedHansen, W. Lee – Academe, 1988
The role of merit pay is examined in the contexts of two different faculty salary systems, and the interaction of the salary system and assessment of individual merit to produce particular patterns of faculty mobility is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Mobility, Faculty Promotion
Peer reviewedCahn, Steven M. – Academe, 1997
Two kinds of affirmative action in the recruitment and selection of college faculty are distinguished and discussed: procedural (ensuring judgment of applicants without consideration of race, religion, or national origin) and preferential (characterized by attention to the same criteria that procedural affirmative action eschews). Argues that…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Cultural Pluralism, Faculty Recruitment
Peer reviewedWolf-Devine, Celia – Academe, 1997
Affirmative action in college faculty recruitment and selection is discussed, distinguishing between procedural and preferential affirmative action. Negative effects of preferential affirmative action on students, faculty, and the institution are examined. Other issues explored include democratic values, bias in the search process, and the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Cultural Pluralism
Peer reviewedGalbraith, John Kenneth – Academe, 1992
A celebrated economist discusses the employment of college faculty in the modern university focusing on two primary issues: (1) tenure and promotion; and (2) recruitment, payment, and retention. Additional issues addressed include the role of faculty, academic authority, democracy in the classroom, and allocation of society's resources for higher…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, Compensation (Remuneration), Democratic Values
Peer reviewedBowen, Howard R.; Schuster, Jack H. – Academe, 1985
An article based on a 3-year study of the American professoriate is presented. The academic labor market, it is concluded, may be heading into unprecedented competition for the best talent. Improvement of the work environment may be as important as growth in compensation. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Demography
