The Questions of Tenure.
Chait, Richard P.
The Questions of Tenure. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (349 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- 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 and Mary Deane Sorcinelli) -- 5. What Happened to the Tenure Track? (Roger G. Baldwin and 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 and James P. Honan) -- 11. Gleanings (Richard P. Chait) -- Contributors -- Index.
Chait and his colleagues offer the results of their research on key empirical questions and conclude 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.
9780674029347
College teachers-Tenure-United States.
Universities and colleges-Faculty-Employment-United States.
Electronic books.
LB2335
378.1/21
The Questions of Tenure. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (349 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- 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 and Mary Deane Sorcinelli) -- 5. What Happened to the Tenure Track? (Roger G. Baldwin and 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 and James P. Honan) -- 11. Gleanings (Richard P. Chait) -- Contributors -- Index.
Chait and his colleagues offer the results of their research on key empirical questions and conclude 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.
9780674029347
College teachers-Tenure-United States.
Universities and colleges-Faculty-Employment-United States.
Electronic books.
LB2335
378.1/21