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)

Explores the conditions that have given rise to the current reliance on non-tenure-track employment and how the attempts to deal with these conditions on an ad hoc basis has resulted in a broad spectrum of temporary and part-time situations. (PRA)

Describes staffing of United States four-year college English departments. Notes the multitiered structure of professorial rank that has formed as a result of 20 years of increasing enrollment, and static or decreasing levels funding. Concludes that four-year English institutions are limited in their capacity to staff the full range of their…

Discusses the need to distinguish between the person filling the position and the position itself in examining all the issues and concerns surrounding the employment of non-tenure-line faculty, lecturers, instructors, and adjuncts. Concludes that educators must focus efforts upon the entire body of non-tenure-line faculty, striving to create…

Explores the often difficult but ultimately rewarding experience of being a tenure-seeking film professor at California State University. Describes a brutal workload, balancing the demands of motherhood and career advancement, and making a documentary film about the earthquake that destroyed the campus. (EV)

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)

A survey of 229 part-time nursing faculty members indicated that they generally like their work and gain a feeling of achievement from it. However, they dislike the frequent lack of job benefits and the perceived inequity between part-time and full-time salaries. (CH)

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…

Academic freedom is invoked as both an individual freedom and an institutional bulwark. "Parate v. Isibor," recently decided by the Sixth Circuit, illustrates many of the problems that the concept causes litigants and courts. The unfortunate compromise resolution trivializes the principles ostensibly protected by academic freedom. (MLF)

Discusses obstacles to determining appropriate recognition and rewards for college faculty engaged in online research and teaching. Suggests that scepticism about the quality and effectiveness of digital research and instruction discourages young faculty members from using online media. Reports on a forum at Indiana University which addressed…