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Publication Date: 2018
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Translating Tenure Track into Swedish: Tensions When Implementing an Academic Career System
Henningsson, Malin; Jörnesten, Anders; Geschwind, Lars
Studies in Higher Education, v43 n7 p1215-1226 2018
Academic career systems have been in focus lately as a means to attract talented researchers and teachers. In this paper, we compare tenure tracks at three Swedish universities. The analysis relies on qualitative data, including interviews and policy documents, and revolves around three questions: How is the tenure track designed? What were the drivers behind the new tenure track? How is the tenure track designed to handle emerging tensions? We identify three common drivers and rationales: transparency, recruitment of early career researchers and long-term retention of staff. The article ends with a discussion of important considerations that were made when introducing the tenure track. The considerations derive from the tensions between research and teaching, between scope and funding and between the needs of the institution and the rights of the individual. The results are important in an increasingly competitive higher education sector aiming to construct and implement attractive career systems.
Descriptors: Tenure, College Faculty, Talent, Universities, Qualitative Research, Faculty Recruitment, Foreign Countries, Competition, Faculty Mobility, Labor Turnover, Faculty Workload, Civil Rights, Career Development, Faculty Promotion, Semi Structured Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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