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Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
Many colleges and universities are hiring full-time faculty on contract instead of on tenure tracks, saying alternatives to lifetime job security are needed to control costs and assure flexibility. The number of full-time non-tenure-track professors almost doubled between 1975 and 1995, while full-time faculty on tenure tracks fell 12%. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Planning, Contracts, Educational Trends
Leatherman, Courtney – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
Increasing use of non-tenure-track, full-time college professors, which some thought a temporary solution to institutional budgeting, has become common policy, according to a study of existing data for 88 four-year institutions. While administrators find flexibility and savings in the practice, faculty accuse institutions of exploiting Ph.D.s and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Costs, Employment Practices
Download full textTrower, Cathy A., Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers addresses nine key areas of faculty employment: academic freedom; probationary periods; the definition and locus of tenure; faculty ranks and titles; promotion policies; post-tenure review; dismissal for cause and lesser sanctions; financial exigency and program discontinuance; and employment provisions at institutions…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedBaldwin, Roger G.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1993
A study used available data to develop a profile of non-tenure-track college faculty (n=132) and compare it with a similarly derived profile of untenured but tenure-track faculty (n=587). The research explored the relationship between employment status and selected demographic, career orientation, career circumstance, and work environment…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, College Faculty, Employment Patterns
Baldwin, Roger G.; Chronister, Jay L. – NEA Higher Education Research Center Update, 1996
Non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty represent a significant and growing element of the American academic profession. In the fall of 1992 there were 110,227 full-time faculty working in non-tenure eligible positions. Data from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF-93) illustrate where and in what program areas NTT faculty work, and…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Educational Trends
Dey, Eric L. – 1990
A study of college faculty stressors attempted to address limitations in previous research by extending the variables measured to include both on- and off-campus sources of stress and by testing the implicit assumption that all faculty perceive the same dimensions of stress, albeit at different levels. Data were drawn from a 1989-90 national…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Teachers, Church Related Colleges, College Faculty
