Problems often exist between industrial arts teachers who are tenured and those who are relatively new to a staff of teachers. (Author)

This study is a preliminary investigation of faculty attitudes toward the processes of promotion and tenure in higher education. It began when several colleagues joined to submit proposals to a national conference establishing a panel to discuss promotion and tenure, which were subsequently accepted. The panel proposal consisted of: (1) a…

This study examined research productivity over the course of the professional career and its relationship with tenure. It hypothesized that the rate of scholarly productivity does not decrease after tenure, and further, that the amount of activity of older faculty is comparable to new faculty. Data were collected from the curriculum vitae of…

Introduces the issue's Symposium on Academic Freedom and Responsibility. Discusses the current debate on tenure and its role in securing and promoting academic freedom. Proposes a model "Academic Freedom Policy and Procedures," to which subsequent articles in the issue (by Robert M. O'Neil, J. Peter Byrne, and Richard T. De George)…

Agrees that Martin Michaelson's proposal in "Should Untenured as Well as Tenured Faculty Be Guaranteed Academic Freedom? A Few Observations" deserves study as an alternative to the current system of tenure and might be useful because it affords more scrupulous procedures for personnel judgments about new faculty. Asserts that anything…

Asserts that Martin Michaelson's proposal in "Should Untenured as Well as Tenured Faculty Be Guaranteed Academic Freedom? A Few Observations," despite its good intentions, is seriously flawed and if adopted in preference to existing standards will weaken rather than strengthen academic freedom. (EV)

A survey of 222 accounting faculty measured the expectations of new and more experienced faculty members concerning workload. Results show that new faculty members have an unrealistic idea of the amount of time they will have to spend on work. Implications for both employers and faculty are presented. (CH)

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,…

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…

This study used available data to develop an initial profile of non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty in comparison to their non-tenured but tenure track (TT) counterparts and to develop questions to guide future study of this group. Using data from a 1989 survey of the professorate conducted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,…

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)

Argues that tenured English teachers at small liberal arts colleges want several things from prospective new faculty members, including the capacity to share authority among equals, and the ability to give up some radical intellectual independence in order to collaborate (not compromise or capitulate) professionally. (RS)

This study identified the likelihood of new, tenure-track assistant professor obtaining tenure at a large multicampus university (the University of Missouri system). Logistic regression was used to determine whether certain faculty characteristics help to explain who received tenure. The tenure rate was based on the percentage of new assistant…

This report responds to a resolution from the Illinois General Assembly directing the State Board of Higher Education to study issues affecting the use and compensation of nontenure-track faculty. Surveys of teaching faculty and key administrators were conducted, and public institutions provided data on the numbers, workload, and salaries of all…

Flexible tenure contracts are proposed as an alternative to the current college faculty tenure system. Such a contract would make more explicit, and potentially more varied, the contributions expected of the candidate, but avoid the tenure-track/non-tenure-track distinction. It could also help resolve conflicts over the relative weights to be…