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Hill, John E. – Educational Record, 1985
The faculty of Curry College in 1974 voted unanimously to replace tenure with a type of term contract. Faculty perceptions of the good and bad aspects of the term contract system are presented. Academic freedom, job security, motivation, promotion criteria, and financial benefits are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Contracts
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Freeman, Linda H.; Voignier, Ruth R. – Nursing Outlook, 1985
Describes two methods of evaluating nursing education faculty for tenure. Three-page guidelines help document progress toward promotion and tenure. Each page covers one area (teaching, scholarship, service). The second tool is a worksheet upon which faculty can record accomplishments, dates, and documentation. (CT)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Promotion, Guidelines
Kussrow, Paul G. – 2000
This paper addresses the topic of tenure in community college education and the suspension of tenure in most collective bargaining agreements. It proposes a five-step process to be included within any just cause (incompetence or misconduct) and termination sections of collective bargaining language. Professors who work under collective bargaining…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Contracts, Due Process, Faculty
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Hechinger, Fred M. – Change, 1970
The threat of right-wing repression is not so dangerous as the left-wing totalitarian attacks against freedom on the campus. (Editor/IR)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Democratic Values, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
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Saaty, Thomas L.; Ramanujam, Vasudevan – Research in Higher Education, 1983
A faculty evaluation system that classified performance factors within a hierarchy and weights each, producing a final composite set for each faculty member, is explained and illustrated. The process is recommended for more objective and consistent decision-making about faculty tenure. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Orpen, Christopher – Improving College and University Teaching, 1982
A study compared tenured and nontenured faculty, based on seniority, discipline area, and previous degree, for productivity in terms of publications. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses yielded similar results: that tenured faculty are no less productive than nontenured. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Hruby, Norbert J. – AGB Reports, 1981
A new system instituted by Aquinas College is described. It retains tenure as one possibility for a newly hired faculty member, although each faculty job-opening would on a case-by-case basis be placed either on tenure track or rolling contract track. (MLW)
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Faculty, Contracts, Faculty Evaluation
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Yurko, Richard J. – Boston University Law Review, 1980
Faculty Title VII litigation, challenges to the faculty evaluation process, and possible jucidial responses to faculty claims are reviewed. A proposed model would temper judicial interference in faculty employment disputes by informed deferences while preserving the unique character of academic institutions. (Journal availbility: Boston Univ. Law…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Court Litigation, Employment Practices
Magner, Denise K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Increasingly, colleges and universities are instituting periodic evaluations of tenured faculty with the objective of encouraging faculty development. Some faculty question the need for posttenure review. Supporters feel the trend may strengthen tenure by providing evidence in its defense. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Trends, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation
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O'Meara, Kerry Ann – Journal of Higher Education, 2004
This article draws upon the literature on academic culture and the academic profession to provide a context for beliefs about post-tenure review. Schein's (1992) theory of organizational culture and Kuh & Whitt's (1988) application of cultural theory to higher education settings divides culture into a conceptual hierarchy comprised of three…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Faculty Evaluation, Academic Freedom, Tenure
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Cahn, Steven M. – Academe, 2004
Most college and university administrators claim to care deeply about the quality of teaching at their institutions. But, too often, their actions belie their words. Consider, for example, the following questions. Which candidate for a faculty position is usually viewed as more attractive, the promising researcher or the promising teacher? Who…
Descriptors: Researchers, College Faculty, Personnel Selection, Teacher Salaries
Dick, Robert C. – 1981
The role of the speech communication department chairperson in faculty evaluation has become increasingly crucial. Since many schools are at or near their prescribed tenure limits, the chairperson must become more and more definitive in evaluating faculty candidates for tenure and promotion. One solution would be to provide annual faculty reviews.…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrator Role, Department Heads, Evaluation Criteria
Thorne, Gaylord L.; And Others – 1976
Between August 1973 and September 1976, a study was conducted of the process of assessing faculty in Oregon's colleges and universities. The two major objectives were to describe and analyze the factors influencing tenure and promotion decisions, and to develop incentive models to positively influence the quality of instruction. A faculty…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
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Reisman, Bernard – Liberal Education, 1986
A survey of selected institutions concerning the use of performance evaluation for tenured and nontenured faculty suggests much confusion and opinion about the issue, but more receptivity than has been presumed, warranting further experimentation. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Job Security
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Becker, Samuel L.; And Others – ACA Bulletin, 1985
Surveyed administrators of theatre programs to determine the importance and value of artistic work by theatre faculty to institutional goals and in tenure decisions. Found (1) great variations in the degree to which artistic quality is valued and (2) dissatisfaction with the criteria and procedures for evaluating theatre faculty. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Art, College Programs, Evaluation Criteria
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