On Extending the Probationary Period

Autor/in	Andrews, James G.
Titel	On Extending the Probationary Period
Quelle	In: Academe, 95 (2009) 1, S.39-40 (2 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2946
Schlagwörter	Tenure; Academic Freedom; Colleges; Standards; Academic Probation; Intellectual Disciplines; College Faculty; Teacher Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Akademische Freiheit; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Standard; Geisteswissenschaften; Fakultät; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	A number of U.S. institutions of higher education are considering multiyear extensions of the widely accepted seven-year maximum probationary period for all tenure-track faculty. Such a substantial extension is to be distinguished from, and exists in addition to, the ad hoc short-term extensions that many institutions may now grant to individual probationary faculty on a case-by-case basis (for example, in response to requests for maternity or parental leave, or to care for a sick relative). Multiyear extensions for all tenure candidates would represent a major change in longstanding academic practice and are, the author believes, seriously misguided. Proposals for multiyear extensions of the maximum probationary period provide faculty with a convenient opportunity to reexamine the rationale for limiting that period to no more than seven years--a limit that has remained the most widely accepted national standard, irrespective of academic institution and academic discipline, since it was initially adopted by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Association of American Colleges (now the Association of American Colleges and Universities) in the widely accepted joint "1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure." In this article, the author discusses the good reasons for a seven-year maximum probationary period. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10