Using data from the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty: 1993 (NSOPF:93) and the NSOPF of 1999 (NSOPF:99), this study focused on changes in the tenure status of full-time instructional faculty and staff at two- and four-year institutions between fall 1992 and fall 1998. It analyzed changes in tenure status by level and control of institution,…

Concerns the nonrenewal of appointments for two nontenured assistant professors at the University of West Florida. (PG)

Argues that when declining enrollment necessitates a reduction in teaching staff, nontenured teachers should not always be the ones fired. Presents evaluation criteria for administrators to use in deciding which teachers to fire. (JG)

Discusses factors from malice to humbuggery that complicate and sully the tenure decision and call into question the fundamental assumptions which sustain tenure within the academy. Offers recommendations intended to ensure integrity in the tenure decision. (PRA)

Over the past few decades, the increase in contingent appointments--part- and full-time positions off the tenure track--has been dramatic. As of 2001, the most recent year for which U.S. Department of Education data are available, 44.5 percent of faculty appointments were part time. According to "Assessing the Silent Revolution: How Changing…

Accents the situation of nontenured teachers in private colleges who allege that for some other reason their nonreappointment involves a denial of due process. (Author/JF)

In what Carroll College president called "fiscally driven decisions," four professors failed to win tenure because they did not match "institutional needs." The decision caused great public outcry since each of the four professors excelled in teaching, research and service. What angered people most is that the college planned…

Used a series of national data sets to ascertain the current status of tenure in U.S. higher education. Found that non-tenure-track and part-time faculty are likely to comprise an increasingly significant portion of the academic faculty in the United States during the coming years; however, the populations of tenured faculty across institutional…

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The 1978 amendments of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act tenure exemptions are discussed. The question of whether faculty members now serving in nontenured capacities can be dismissed on the basis of age is examined. A rebuttal to an article by Stuart H. Bompey is included. (MLW)

This study examines differences in research production between tenured and nontenured faculty. The study does not unequivocally verify the hypothesis that tenured faculty members will publish more books and articles than nontenured faculty members. (Author/IRT)