The Questions of Tenure
Published on 1. February 2005
352 pages
978-0-674-26259-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-26259-1 (9780674262591)
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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
