ERIC Number: ED532276
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 5
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The Changing Faculty and Student Success: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Promising Practices
Kezar, Adrianna; Maxey, Daniel
Pullias Center for Higher Education
The nature of the American academic workforce has fundamentally shifted over the past several decades. Whereas full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty were once the norm, more than two-thirds of the professoriate in non-profit postsecondary education is now comprised of non-tenure-track faculty. New hires across all institutional types are now largely contingent and this number will continue to grow unless trends change. This paper presents a sample of reforms and practices implemented at institutions in response to the growing proportion of non-tenure-track faculty on campuses.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Best Practices, Community Colleges, Higher Education, College Faculty, Tenure, Nontenured Faculty, Administrative Policy, Educational Trends, Work Environment, Compensation (Remuneration), Job Security, Educational Policy, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Pullias Center for Higher Education. University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, Waite Phillips Hall Room 701, 3470 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089. Tel: 213-740-7218; Fax: 213-740-3889; e-mail: pullias@usc.edu; Web site: http://pullias.usc.edu
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation; Teagle Foundation; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Authoring Institution: Association of American Colleges and Universities; University of Southern California, Pullias Center for Higher Education
Identifiers - Location: California; Canada; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Virginia; Washington; Wisconsin
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