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Cook-Fuller, Charlotte; Dumont, Richard G. – 1986
Views concerning the participation of nontenure-track faculty in campus governance were surveyed at Towson State University (Maryland). In spring 1985, a questionnaire was sent to all 425 full-time faculty members at the university, and 298 responses were obtained. Only 3% of nontenure-track faculty responded to the questionnaire, compared to 70%…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Governing Councils, Departments, Eligibility
Download full textReyes, Pedro; Smith, Gregory – 1987
The role of academic staff and faculty members in college governance was studied at two public universities. The frame of reference was the social contract model, which posits that individuals give up some rights in order to have other rights protected. Documents were analyzed and interviews were conducted with 50 staff: full professors and…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Departments, Governance
Peer reviewedSmart, John C. – Research in Higher Education, 1990
A causal model assesses the relative influence of individual attributes, institutional characteristics, contextual-work environment variables, and multiple measures of job satisfaction on faculty intentions to leave their current institutions. Factors considered include tenure status, age, institutional status, governance style, organizational…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Mobility
