Probability-based targets, instead of tenure quotas, work with a longer view of the future and permit flexibility in decisionmaking by asserting that performance standards remain the key criterion for promotion. (Author/PG)

Report of the subcommittee of the American Association of University Professors on the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and the College Retirement Equities Fund. (PG)

Tells how Michigan State University's antiunion campaign deterred faculty from voting for unionism. (HS)

Describes a tax-sheltered annuity plan to help attract and keep qualified faculty. (Editor/PG)

Analyzes the post-Soviet academic profession, focusing on the challenges it has to meet. Discusses the system of academic appointments and promotion, remuneration, motivation, evaluation of faculty, and academic freedom. (EV)

Analyzes the current status of the academic profession in Bulgaria at a time of difficult socioeconomic transition. After providing a brief overview of the historical development of Bulgarian academia, discusses faculty working conditions, the career path within the profession, and the legal framework for the professoriate. Highlights future key…

Discusses changes in the academic profession in Poland, asserting that it has arrived at a stage of far-reaching autonomy and uncertain individual career prospects. Describes new laws intended to change the structure of recruitment, promotions, remuneration, working conditions, and appointments. Suggests that the sudden passage from an elite…

Presents the AAUP's recommended institutional regulation for termination of an appointment based on factors beyond the affected individual's control. (Author/PG)

Comments are divided into four sections: (1) a summary of the problems posed by the tenure system; (2) a brief survey of several alternatives to conventional tenure; (3) a review of some problems facing colleges in financial exigency; and (4) a few positive suggestions for the future. (Author/PG)