Part-Time on the Tenure Track
AEHE Volume 40, Number 5
Published on 3. November 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-118-99576-1 (ISBN)
Description
The case for a flexible work schedule for faculty has been repeatedly made, with one policy recommendation being part-time positions for tenure-track/tenured faculty (PTTT). Despite some of the benefits of this approach for both faculty and institutions, the PTTT concept is the least implemented policy for faculty flexibility and is poorly understood. This report offers the first comprehensive treatment of PTTT, suggesting that this mode of flexibility enhances recruitment, retention, and engagement of faculty, while offering value-added productivity, planning potential, and faculty loyalty for the institution. Herbers provides data that explore how a PTTT policy can lead to faculty success and satisfaction across the lifespan of a career, and likewise offers analogies and examples of well-established practices that administrators across institution types can adapt to create their own policies. Administrators and faculty will find the author s policy recommendations, best practices, and solutions to common challenges to be a roadmap for stimulating change in their institutions. This is the 5th issue of the 40th volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report.
Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.
Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
242 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-99576-1 (9781118995761)
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Volume Editor:
Joan M. Herbers is a professor of evolution, ecology, and organismal biology, and of women's, gender, and sexuality studies at the Ohio State University.
Series Editor:
Kelly Ward and Lisa E. Wolf-Wendel.
Joan M. Herbers is a professor of evolution, ecology, and organismal biology, and of women's, gender, and sexuality studies at the Ohio State University.
Series Editor:
Kelly Ward and Lisa E. Wolf-Wendel.
Content
Executive Summary ix Foreword xiii Acknowledgments xv Prologue 1 Part-Time Tenure Track in Higher Education 3 Precis 4 Faculty Flexibility and the Part-Time Option 7 The Need for Faculty Flexibility 8 The Imperative of Faculty Retention 9 The Faculty Life Course 11 PTTT and the Flexibility Agenda 13 Policy and Practice 14 Profile I: PTTT at Three Institutions 17 Who Are They? 19 Sources of Data on PTTT 19 IPEDS Data 21 NSOPF Data 26 Profile II 37 Patterns of Use by PTTT Faculty 39 Early Career and Family Constraints 40 Mid-Career Motivations 45 Late Career: Phasing Into Retirement 47 Conclusion 49 Profile III: Transitional Retirement at Colorado State University (CSU) 51 Lessons From Academic Medical Centers 55 Academic Medicine Must Adapt to a Changing Workforce 55 Faculty Retention 57 PTTT in Academic Medicine 59 Department Culture 61 Differences Among Specialty Areas 63 The Life Course Model in Academic Medicine 64 Profile IV 67 Analogs to Part-Time Tenure Track 69 Analogs Within Academia 69 Analogs in Other Work Sectors: The Path to Partner 71 Conclusion 76 Profile V 77 The Structure of PTTT Positions 79 Policies on PTTT 79 Parameters of PTTT Appointments 82 Conclusion 87 Profile VI 89 Benefits and Challenges 91 The View From Administration 91 The View From the Faculty 94 Conclusion 97 Profile VII 99 External Forces 101 Laws About Fair Hiring and Conflicts of Interest 101 Faculty Contracts for Collective Bargaining 102 State Retirement Systems 104 Funding Agencies 105 Accreditation Bodies 105 Insurance Companies 106 Special Faculty Units 106 Conclusion 107 Profile VIII 109 A Pathway Forward 111 The Faculty Life Course 111 Challenging the Ideal Worker 112 Best Practices for PTTT 113 The New Ideal 117 Notes 119 Appendix 1: Individuals Who Have Held PTTT Positions in Early Career, and Their Current Status 121 Appendix 2: Snapshots of Institutional Policies and Usage of PTTT Positions, Excluding Phased Retirement Policies 125 References 129 Name Index 149 Subject Index 157 About the Author 161