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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"non-tenure"”.
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Understanding the Professional Life-Cycle of Non-Tenure Track Teaching Faculty
<p>Full time non-tenure track teaching faculty is a vital part of the instructional functioning of many universities. Charged with teaching most of the classes in many departments, full-time NTTT faculty members help lighten the teaching load of tenure-track faculty members so that they, in turn, …
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A Critical Race Analysis of the Work Experiences of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members of Color
The rapid increase in the number of non-tenure-track faculty members (Curtis, 2014), has prompted research about this group (Allison, Lynn, and Hovermann, 2014; Coalition on the Academic Workforce, 2012; Eagan and Jaeger, 2009; Umbach, 2007). There is also a large body of literature that explores …
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A study on the choice to accept a faculty position at a four-year, non-tenure granting university
Earning tenure is a prestigious, professional achievement for faculty in higher education. The number of tenured faculty, open tenure positions, and newly created tenure positions within higher-education has declined since the 1970’s. A reduction in governmental funding to higher education since …
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Faculty lived-experiences in living-learning programs: a phenomenological analysis
… This study aimed to examine a sample of eleven tenure and non-tenure-track faculty participants’ experiences regarding involvement, responsibilities, and learning in the LLP. The perspectives and stories shared during the semi-structured interviews reflected motives for participating, …
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The Relationship Between Adjunct Faculty Staffing and College Student Retention and Graduation
<p>The rise of non-tenure track, part-time faculty, referred to as adjuncts, has brought a significant shift to the academic workforce. The count of part-time faculty on campuses has followed an upward trend for the last few decades and now part-time faculty form half of the total faculty …
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Embracing A Culture Of Evidence: A Phenomenological Study Of Faculty Experience Within A Transitioning Assessment Culture
… a unique opportunity to examine this phenomenon as it was at the mid-point of a multi-year initiative focused on transforming institutional assessment culture. During the study, full-time faculty at the non-tenure, non-union institution who self-identified as being more engaged in OA than in …
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Relationship of Self-Efficacy to the Stages of Concern in the Adoption of an Innovation in Higher Education
… larger population. Forty-six percent represented non-tenure track faculty compared to the expected 19 percent. Analysis using nominal logistic regression between self-efficacy and Stages of Concern revealed that no statistically significant relationship was found. Of note is that nearly all …
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Faculty development and support for computer-assisted writing instruction
… the time. These support duties were assigned to non-tenure-line personnel over one-quarter of the time, a practice that raises questions about authority and credibility needed to administer faculty development programs.Despite a relative lack of concern among faculty, evaluation and reward …
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TEACHER EDUCATORS' TECHNOLOGY DECISIONS AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY MODEL TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS IN TEACHING METHOD COURSES
… regardless of teacher educators' experience, tenure and non-tenure, they all model technology similarly and not much variety of technology is used. They also minimally model inclusive technologies in the methods courses. The extent teacher educators model technology to pre-service teachers was …
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The Impact of Dismissal of Non-Tenured Teachers on Principals in Tennessee.
… to bring about the involuntary separation of non-tenured teachers. I was concerned with identifying the emotions, feelings, conflicts, and misgivings that principals experience during this process. Related concerns were identified. They included the issues of principals using professionally …
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A NARRATIVE INQUIRY INTO CONTINGENT MUSIC FACULTY EXPERIENCES
… or contingent faculty reflects a shift away from tenure-track positions. Tenure-track faculty reduction is significant in academic disciplines such as music. This qualitative narrative inquiry study explored the professional experiences of contingent music faculty through semi-structured …