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Peer reviewedChait, Richard; Trower, C. Ann – Change, 1998
Although it does not offer tenure or tenure-track appointments, the newly established Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) has not had difficulty attracting qualified faculty. The creation of the institution, recruitment of faculty, characteristics of new faculty hires, characteristics of the interview pool for new positions, faculty reasons for…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Credentials, Educational Innovation, Faculty Recruitment
Chait, Richard – 1998
This essay, one in a series about the priorities of the professoriate, seeks to explore variations on standard tenure practices that might be advantageous to the interests of both faculty and the institutions by proposing three modifications to traditional policies. The first, tenure by objectives, involves reconfiguration of the probationary…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Contracts, Educational Environment
