Contracts Replace the Tenure Track for a Growing Number of Professors.

Wilson, Robin

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Contracts Replace the Tenure Track for a Growing Number of Professors.

Wilson, Robin

Chronicle of Higher Education, v44 n40 pA12-A14 Jun 12 1998

Many colleges and universities are hiring full-time faculty on contract instead of on tenure tracks, saying alternatives to lifetime job security are needed to control costs and assure flexibility. The number of full-time non-tenure-track professors almost doubled between 1975 and 1995, while full-time faculty on tenure tracks fell 12%. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Faculty, College Planning, Contracts, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns, Full Time Faculty, Higher Education, Nontenured Faculty, Tenure, Trend Analysis

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