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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455130803321

Autore

Chait Richard P

Titolo

The questions of tenure [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard P. Chait

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-674-02934-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

ChaitRichard P

Disciplina

378.1210973

Soggetti

College teachers - Tenure - United States

Universities and colleges - Faculty - Employment - United States

Education

Theory & Practice of Education

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Richard P. Chait 1. Why Tenure? Why Now? Richard P. Chait 2. What Is Current Policy? Cathy A. Trower 3. Does Faculty Governance Differ at Colleges with Tenure and Colleges without Tenure? Richard P. Chait 4. Can the Tenure Process Be Improved? R. Eugene Rice, Mary Deane Sorcinelli 5. What Happened to the Tenure Track? Roger G. Baldwin, Jay L. Chronister 6. How Are Faculty Faring in Other Countries? Philip G. Altbach 7. Can Colleges Competitively Recruit Faculty without the Prospect of Tenure? Cathy A. Trower 8. Can Faculty Be Induced to Relinquish Tenure? Charles T. Clotfelter 9. Why Is Tenure One College's Problem and Another's Solution? William T. Mallon 10. How Might Data Be Used? Cathy A. Trower, James P. Honan 11. Gleanings Richard P. Chait Contributors Index

Sommario/riassunto

Beyond anecdote and opinion, what do we really know about how tenure works? Presenting a picture of academic subcultures, this work offers the results of research on key empirical questions.