Academic Tenure and the Traditional Assumptions Boards Should Question

Autor/in	Trower, Cathy A.
Titel	Academic Tenure and the Traditional Assumptions Boards Should Question
Quelle	In: Trusteeship, 20 (2012) 6, S.16-21 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-1027
Schlagwörter	Academic Probation; Academic Freedom; Tenure; College Faculty; Governance; College Administration; Governing Boards; Critical Thinking; Teacher Effectiveness; Excellence in Education; Productivity; Scholarship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Freiheit; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Fakultät; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Kritisches Denken; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Lernerfolg; Produktivität; Scholarships; Stipendium
Abstract	Consequential governance requires critical thinking on big issues that affect the institution's success over the long term. A major issue in the academy is tenure--guaranteeing faculty members lifelong employment and academic freedom--bestowed after a probationary period of several years during which the faculty member is responsible for proving excellence in teaching and research and competence as a campus citizen. It is not without controversy, and it is something that boards need to be thinking about. In this article, the author outlines seven long-held assumptions underlying the "tenure system" as it currently operates in the United States at most four-year colleges and universities. These assumptions bear reconsideration today by boards and college and university administrations. (Contains 3 resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10