LEADER 04583nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910819592803321 005 20240416151733.0 010 $a0-674-26259-X 010 $a0-674-02934-8 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674262591 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805544 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH21620391 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000231655 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12074581 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231655 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10227058 035 $a(PQKB)11436377 035 $a(DE-B1597)586314 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674262591 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300554 035 $a(OCoLC)1322125623 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805544 100 $a20040811e20052002 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe questions of tenure /$fedited by Richard P. Chait 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. ;$aLondon $cHarvard University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (352 p. )$cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-01604-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aList 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 330 $aBeyond 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. 330 $bTenure is the abortion issue of the academy, igniting arguments and inflaming near-religious passions. To some, tenure is essential to academic freedom and a magnet to recruit and retain top-flight faculty. To others, it is an impediment to professorial accountability and a constraint on institutional flexibility and finances. But beyond anecdote and opinion, what do we really know about how tenure works? In this unique book, Richard Chait and his colleagues offer the results of their research on key empirical questions. Are there circumstances under which faculty might voluntarily relinquish tenure? When might new faculty actually prefer non-tenure track positions? Does the absence of tenure mean the absence of shared governance? Why have some colleges abandoned tenure while others have adopted it? Answers to these and other questions come from careful studies of institutions that mirror the American academy: research universities and liberal arts colleges, including both highly selective and less prestigious schools. Lucid and straightforward, The Questions of Tenure offers vivid pictures of academic subcultures. Chait and his colleagues conclude that context counts so much that no single tenure system exists. Still, since no academic reward carries the cachet of tenure, few institutions will initiate significant changes without either powerful external pressures or persistent demands from new or disgruntled faculty. 606 $aCollege teachers$xTenure$zUnited States 606 $aUniversities and colleges$xFaculty$xEmployment$zUnited States 606 $aEducation$2eflch 606 $aTheory & Practice of Education$2HILCC 606 $aEducation$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 0$aCollege teachers$xTenure 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xFaculty$xEmployment 615 7$aEducation. 615 7$aTheory & Practice of Education 615 7$aEducation 615 7$aSocial Sciences 676 $a378.1210973 700 $aChait$b Richard$01158359 701 $aChait$b Richard P$01687737 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819592803321 996 $aThe questions of tenure$94061447 997 $aUNINA