A Framework for Assessing Trends in Academic Careers.

Lawrence, Janet H.

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Publication Date: 1998

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A Framework for Assessing Trends in Academic Careers.

Lawrence, Janet H.

New Directions for Higher Education, n104 p19-28 Win 1998

Proposes a framework for examining academic careers and illustrates how it can help categorize findings from various research studies. It then discusses how modifications in graduate education and employment practices may affect different aspects of academic careers, giving particular attention to use of part-time and adjunct faculty. (MSE)

Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Careers, Change Strategies, College Faculty, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Employment Practices, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Part Time Faculty, Personnel Policy, Teaching (Occupation)

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue: "The Growing Use of Part-Time Faculty: Understanding Causes and Effects," 104.