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Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Studies in Higher Education, 1995
Analysis of the state of academic careers in the United States looks at employment patterns and trends, retrenchment, enrollments trends, research funding, faculty workloads and pressures, tenure, academic freedom, and research funding. It is concluded that, although the future for faculty is not particularly bright, it is also not disastrous.…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Careers, College Faculty, Educational Trends
Trower, C. Ann – 1998
This paper, one in a series about the priorities of the professoriate, explores some creative employment practices which will stimulate campus discussions of faculty employment policies and practices in four areas: (1) alternative career paths, (2) workload and productivity, (3) peer review, and (4) academic freedom and employment security. In…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Career Ladders, College Environment, College Faculty
