Slowdown in enrollments and increasing costs force higher education institutions to reexamine tenure policies. (PG)

Tells of the judicial cases arising during 1971-72. (HS)

In the 1990s at Appalachian State University, as at many other colleges and universities, the balance shifted in the writing program. Before then, English composition courses had been taught by tenure-track faculty members, but now most composition courses are taught by non-tenure-track faculty members. In this article, the authors describe how…

The Renewable Contract Plan at Hampshire College makes certain assumptions: First, that traditional life tenure systems do not necessarily encourage continuing professional evaluation, nor do they necessarily encourage pedagogical experimentation, development, and renewal. The positive assumptions of the Renewable Contract Plan include: (1)…

This report contains selected considerations for faculty retirement policies. The first section consists of selected issues pertaining to faculty retirement policies (when to retire, retirement income, early retirement issues, salary costs, and retired faculty at the University of Virginia). The second section contains a report of the findings of…

This report represents a natural aftermath to the National Labor Relations Board's 1970 assertion of jurisdiction over private universities and colleges. For the first time, the Board decided that employees of private higher educational institutions had the right to unionize and to bargain collectively with their employer. The so-protected…

Committee N on representation of economic and professional interests reports at the annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors. (PG)

Discusses Virginia's decision to drop tenure for its community college system. (PG)

Outlines measures that will preserve tenure yet change and improve it. (HS)

Discusses the controversy surrounding the removal of Edward W. Bemis from the University of Chicago faculty in 1895. (Author)

Report of the committee in charge of faculty collective bargaining. (HS)