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The American Faculty : The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (601 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421402079
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The American FacultyDDC classification:
  • 378.1/2/0973
LOC classification:
  • LB2331.72 .S365 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF THE AMERICAN FACULTY -- 1 Establishing the Framework -- 2 The American Faculty in Perspective -- 3 The Professoriate in Profile -- PART TWO: THE FACULTY AT WORK -- 4 The Changing Complexion of Faculty Work -- 5 Academic Culture and Values and the Quality of Work Life -- PART THREE: THE ACADEMIC CAREER -- 6 The Changing Academic Career -- 7 The Revolution in Academic Appointments: A Closer Look -- 8 Compensation and Academic Careers: Trends and Issues -- 9 Pathways to the Professoriate -- PART FOUR: ASSESSING CONTEMPORARY ACADEMIC LIFE -- 10 American Academic Life Restructured -- 11 What's Ahead? Agendas for Policy Analysis, Research, and Action on Academic Staffing -- Appendixes -- A. The National Faculty Surveys -- B. Selected National Faculty Surveys: A Concordance of Contents -- C. Interpreting Faculty Surveys: Challenges and Strategies -- D. Variables for Classifying Faculty Subgroups -- E. Definitions of Terms Used in Tables and Figures -- F. Academic Appointments: Historical Milestones -- G. Faculty Compensation: Data Sources -- H. Note on Accessing the Survey Instruments -- I. Faculty Diversity: Race and Ethnicity Categories -- J. Appendix Tables -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: They outline the stakes for the nation and the challenging work to be done.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF THE AMERICAN FACULTY -- 1 Establishing the Framework -- 2 The American Faculty in Perspective -- 3 The Professoriate in Profile -- PART TWO: THE FACULTY AT WORK -- 4 The Changing Complexion of Faculty Work -- 5 Academic Culture and Values and the Quality of Work Life -- PART THREE: THE ACADEMIC CAREER -- 6 The Changing Academic Career -- 7 The Revolution in Academic Appointments: A Closer Look -- 8 Compensation and Academic Careers: Trends and Issues -- 9 Pathways to the Professoriate -- PART FOUR: ASSESSING CONTEMPORARY ACADEMIC LIFE -- 10 American Academic Life Restructured -- 11 What's Ahead? Agendas for Policy Analysis, Research, and Action on Academic Staffing -- Appendixes -- A. The National Faculty Surveys -- B. Selected National Faculty Surveys: A Concordance of Contents -- C. Interpreting Faculty Surveys: Challenges and Strategies -- D. Variables for Classifying Faculty Subgroups -- E. Definitions of Terms Used in Tables and Figures -- F. Academic Appointments: Historical Milestones -- G. Faculty Compensation: Data Sources -- H. Note on Accessing the Survey Instruments -- I. Faculty Diversity: Race and Ethnicity Categories -- J. Appendix Tables -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

They outline the stakes for the nation and the challenging work to be done.

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