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Peer reviewedTien, Flora F.; Blackburn, Robert T. – Journal of Higher Education, 1996
A study explored the relationship between the traditional system of college faculty rank and faculty research productivity from the perspectives of behavioral reinforcement theory and selection function. Six hypotheses were generated and tested, using data from a 1989 national faculty survey. Results failed to support completely either the…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Faculty Publishing, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBlackburn, Robert T.; Gerber, Wayne J. – Sociology of Education, 1974
The author analyzes the technique of using outside experts as an independent measure of academic leadership and institutional quality. Emphasis is placed upon necessity for maintaining objectivity in a highly subjective area. (DE)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrator Evaluation, Educational Research, Educational Sociology
Peer reviewedBlackburn, Robert T.; Fox, Thomas G. – Journal of Medical Education, 1976
The processes that socialize M.D.s and Ph.D.s into academic roles in a medical school and the factors affecting their retention and attrition are reported, based on data from 81 percent (350) of the regular faculty of a midwestern university medical school. (LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Career Choice, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees
Peer reviewedBlackburn, Robert T.; Lindquist, John D. – Sociology of Education, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Behavioral Science Research, College Administration, College Faculty
Peer reviewedBlackburn, Robert T.; Havighurst, Robert J. – Higher Education, 1979
Seventy-four U.S. male academic social scientists provided career stage data that were analyzed and compared. The active publishers had a less varied career but continued their research beyond retirement. The moderately active and inactive publishers began careers with teaching and administration and reported sharper separation at retirement.…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Career Ladders, Careers, College Faculty
Peer reviewedLawrence, Janet H.; Blackburn, Robert T. – Research in Higher Education, 1985
University of Michigan faculty members were interviewed on matters related to their careers. The data were analyzed with regard to productivity, promotion rate, and perceptions and values of faculty with respect to the weight that research, teaching, and service are given in promotion decisions. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age Differences, Career Development, Careers
Peer reviewedBentley, Richard J.; Blackburn, Robert T. – Teachers College Record, 1992
This investigation examines 5 areas of status change for female college faculty over a 20-year period: place of work, academic discipline, rank and tenure, research grants, and research publications. Although gains have been made by women in some areas, equal status, especially with regard to rank and tenure, eludes female faculty. (IAH)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Colleges, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Faculty Integration
Download full textLawrence, Janet H.; Blackburn, Robert T. – 1986
The relative impact of the aging process, pervasive changes in higher education, and career socialization experiences on college faculty members' distributions of work effort was studied. Secondary analyses were completed on the following surveys: the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education Survey (1969) and the Survey of the American…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age Groups, Aging in Academia, Aging (Individuals)
