A view of experimentation with a tenure policy that responds to current and predicted realities, and a description of this feasible plan. (Editor/PG)

This extensive bibliography encompasses journal articles, books, dissertations, and monographs concerning various aspects of tenure. (MJM)

The author argues against the abolition of teacher tenure for several reasons: 1) no better protection for the schools or the teachers has been suggested, 2) many administrations do not provide evaluation or leadership for their staff, 3) protection for teachers is needed to assure stability to the school system as a whole, and 4) most state-wide…

Under the pressure of publish-or-perish, what is apt to perish is the whole purpose of literary study, the civilizing influence of literature. (Editor)

Article gives the results of a questionaire designed to determine what teachers regard as the most serious problems they face. (GB)

Utilizing a faculty-flow model, the impact of tenure quotas is analyzed, the implications for faculty staffing patterns and institutional innovation are suggested, and a tenure prospect ratio is introduced as an alternative. (Author/PG)

Jessica Mitford, was Distinguished Professor of Sociology at San Jose State University until she refused to be fingerprinted and was fired. (PG)

Unlike either secondary schools, in which tenure practices are established by law, or universities, in which tenure practices are patterned after policies of the American Association of University Professors, the community colleges abide by no uniform policy. This paper presents a model on which community colleges can base their tenure policy. The…

This document contains informational materials about the breakdown in merger talks between the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA). Included in the packet are (a) the AFT statement on the breakup of unity talks; (b) transcripts of two news conferences by David Selden, president of the AFT, on the…

This report investigates some myths that proliferate in the debate surrounding the tenure issue. The major concepts covered are the origins of tenure, the protection of academic freedom, tenure as security, protection of the incompetent, the ease of obtaining tenure, a periodic review of tenure, and the lack of job availability for younger…

There were 2 major objectives to be achieved in this paper on faculty workload: (1) to provide some overview of actual workload conditions in 2-year colleges in selected areas of North America with specific focus on Alberta, Canada; and (2) to devise a system for analyzing the implementation of faculty load levels through legislation, policy, or…

Charges that New York City's teacher union misleads the public with sophisticated advertising techniques. (Author)