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It’S Not As Simple As Just Getting Rid Of The “Worst” Ones – Unfortunately,, David Messer
It’S Not As Simple As Just Getting Rid Of The “Worst” Ones – Unfortunately,, David Messer
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
In March 2008, the Center for Union Facts initiated a “contest” in which they pledged “to pay the ten worst “union-protected” teachers in America $10,000 apiece to get out of the classroom.” The American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association seem to be the real targets of the program. Edward J. McElroy, former President of the American Federation of Teachers, said, “The misnamed Center for Union Facts, an anti-union front group run by lobbyist Richard Berman, has announced the launch of a new “assault” on teachers that will include television and newspaper advertising.” The Center’s website talks at …
Parenting On The Tenure Track: Exploring Gender Differences In Perceptions Of Collegial And Supervisor Support, Diane Loeffler, Gretchen Ely, Chris Flaherty
Parenting On The Tenure Track: Exploring Gender Differences In Perceptions Of Collegial And Supervisor Support, Diane Loeffler, Gretchen Ely, Chris Flaherty
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
The task of gaining a tenured professorship is demanding one, requiring a wide range of research, teaching, writing and service skills. Faculty members in tenure track professor positions do not work conventional hours and generally report schedules exceeding 50 hours of work per week (Zimbler, & Conley, 1997). Many pretenure professors are also parents of children under age 18, thus requiring that they nurture family relationships while also adhering to a demanding work schedule. While women make up over half of doctoral graduates in the United States today, the literature indicates that they are less likely to go on to …
Making The Most Of Post-Tenure Review, Don Smith
Making The Most Of Post-Tenure Review, Don Smith
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Governing boards have the unenviable duty of trying to oversee in a responsible and responsive way a complex and long-enduring social institution whose arcane workings few board members, administrators, or faculty ever fully comprehend. Enduring social institutions of any kind are, of course, like great leviathans borne by currents and instincts in ways and directions they need not understand in their continuing pursuit of sustenance and self-preservation. However, if one is to effect any meaningful change in the values and conduct of the leviathan, one must take into account the environmental dynamics and motivational stimuli that determine the thing’s behavior. …
An Examination Of The Relationship Of A Tenure System To Enrollment Growth, Affordability, Retention Rates, And Graduation Rates In Texas Public Two-Year Colleges, Lee Waller, Jason Davis
An Examination Of The Relationship Of A Tenure System To Enrollment Growth, Affordability, Retention Rates, And Graduation Rates In Texas Public Two-Year Colleges, Lee Waller, Jason Davis
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Austin (2006) and Chait (2002) indicate that most faculty prefer tenured to non-tenured positions. The presence of tenure track positions is often equated with institutional excellence and tenure designations are often associated with status. The promise of secure academic employment makes the tenured position the gold standard of the academy. This preference for tenure is not limited to university faculty. Jacoby (2005) found that most young, part-time community college faculty desire fulltime tenure track positions. Older faculty members were not as enthusiastic in regard to tenure. The academic culture at community colleges appears to be evolving an employment desirability hierarchy …