The American Faculty : The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421402079
- 378.1/2/0973
- LB2331.72 .S365 2006
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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