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DeFeo, Dayna Jean; Berman, Matthew; Hirshberg, Diane – Educational Policy, 2020
Using survey responses from public school teachers and principals in Alaska, this article describes their understanding of tenure statute, and how that understanding affected support, perceived effectiveness, and valuation of tenure. Teachers and principals who inflated tenure protections were more likely to support it; the more teachers inflated…
Descriptors: Tenure, Public Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Kaktinš, Louise – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2018
New educational models such as those involving a third party educational provider linked with an official university for purposes of providing a bridge (a pathway program) into a mainstream university degree, particularly for international students, have become part of the higher education landscape capitalising on the international demand for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Partnerships in Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Howell, William; Peterson, Paul E.; West, Martin – Education Next, 2011
In this article, the authors explore the following questions: How have Americans actually responded to these developments? Have they grown more supportive of the current direction of school reform, or are there instead signs of a backlash? And how do the views of teachers compare to those of the public at large? In addition to the views of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Schools, Opinions, Online Courses
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Academe, 1985
The actions of Clark College in terminating, for reasons of financial exigency, two faculty members previously granted indefinite tenure are reviewed according to the AAUP statement of principles and recommended institutional regulations on academic freedom and tenure, and procedural standards, and found to be in violation. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Due Process, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Blum, Debra E. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
The American Association of University Professors may sanction five institutions for policies and practices concerning faculty criticism of church doctrine (Catholic University) or the administration (Alvernia College), tenure denial (State University of New York, Stonybrook, and New York University School of Medicine), and sex discrimination…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education
Newman, James F. – 1986
A questionnaire survey was conducted to examine academic freedom as perceived by faculty members at Dowling College (New York) and by administrators in general. Topics covered in this study include: elements of academic freedom, the faculty and academic freedom, relationship of the Board of Trustees to the faculty, relationship of the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Environment