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Direct linkPetry, Greta – Academe, 2011
A faculty member may be surprised to hear that the AAUP-affiliated United University Professions--one of the largest academic unions in the nation, with more than 33,000 members across New York State--includes a growing number of academic professionals who are not faculty members. Professionals at a public college or university range from the…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Unions, Job Security, Human Resources
Wallace, K. A. – Academe, 2008
The recent strike of the Writers' Guild of America (WGA) raised an important issue for academic writers. Although their compensation and job security differ, WGA members and academics both are creators of knowledge and culture. Among academic authors, discussion about dissemination of and access to scholarly works and lamentation about…
Descriptors: Writing for Publication, Social Sciences, Job Security, Humanities
Burgan, Mary – Academe, 2008
The author begins by asserting that tenure does have a future, even though cultural and economic trends in American higher education have brought it to near annihilation in the past decade. She is sorry to say that it has survived these trends for one troubling reason--tenure is the ultimate employment perk for very successful members of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Role, Tenure, Academic Freedom
Ross, Andrew – Academe, 2008
For those who still see tenure primarily as a form of job security, the larger economic context should be plain. No one, not even in the traditional professions, can any longer expect a fixed pattern of employment in the course of his or her lifetime. In this article, the author discusses how this generation is witnessing the merging of the…
Descriptors: Tenure, Job Security, Employment Patterns, Economic Climate
Jacobe, Monica F. – Academe, 2006
This article reports the findings of a 1999 survey conducted by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce (CAW), a group of higher education and disciplinary associations concerned about the dramatic rise in contingent faculty, to examine the staffing practices across eleven humanities and social science disciplines. The comprehensive report showed…
Descriptors: School Surveys, College Faculty, Tenure, Employment Practices
Chisholm, Julie K. – Academe, 2006
These days, most newly hired faculty are appointed on a part-or full-time nontenure- track basis. The AAUP has reported that between 1975 and 2003, full-time tenure-track positions increased by only about 16 percent, while full-time non-tenure-track positions grew by 178 percent, and part-time appointment rose by 189 percent. Yet tenure…
Descriptors: Nontenured Faculty, Tenure, College Faculty, Job Security
