This report is an investigation into the crisis in academic governance that has occurred in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many institutions faced dire challenges in the 2020-21 academic year; for some, the pandemic exacerbated long-festering conditions. It was found that, at other institutions, governing boards and administrations…

A central goal of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is to protect academic freedom, tenure, and due process by assisting faculty governance bodies and AAUP chapters in their efforts to incorporate AAUP-recommended policies in faculty handbooks and collective bargaining agreements. This report provides a statistical analysis…

Many scholars that study the professoriate and faculty careers have found a lack of clarity regarding policies for promotion to full professor at American colleges and universities. This issue is significant and needs further investigation because various studies have reported evidence of faculty career stagnation as a growing number of associate…

This dissertation examines an understudied group according to the American Council on Education: the tenure-track early career faculty (ECF). The focus is on the culturalization, socialization, academic culture, and emergent themes discerned from ten semi-structured interviews with tenure-track ECF. This qualitative bounded system case study…

In response to external pressure for change, the subject university engaged in major restructuring activities during the mid to late 1990's. As predicted by organizational theory, faculty reacted to the restructuring in order to define the conditions and methods of their work and to legitimate their professional autonomy. Although this university…

Higher education leaders seeking to reshape institutional identity and establish community engagement as a core institutional value ultimately have to address how to embed the values of community engagement in the institutional reward policies that define the faculty roles of teaching, scholarship, and service. Furthermore, since the research…

The first article in this three-part series (Christian Higher Education 5(3) 2006: 279-293) introduced the topic of tenure in American evangelical Christian colleges and universities. This article presents the findings from a study designed to ascertain the tenure policies and practices of member institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges…

On June 2, 1978, four faculty members at Florida Memorial College were informed that their appointments were not renewed. The standards for notice of nonreappointment at the college were changed but the action was not reported to the faculty. An investigation by the American Association of University Professors is reported. (MLW)

Description of responsibilities for the faculty committees, instructional policies, employment policies (appointment, promotion, and tenure), and the constitution and bylaws of the Massachusetts College of Art are included in its 1970 faculty handbook. (JT)

The Howard University (District of Columbia) policy on tenure, as defined in the new faculty handbook, allows the board of trustees exceptional power in removing faculty. At a time when Howard University faculty are enjoying greater participation than ever in governance, this and other policy issues are creating faculty dissatisfaction. (MSE)

Contents of the Trenton State College, New Jersey, faculty handbook include policies on academic affairs including student records, procedures and criteria for faculty appointment, tenure, and promotion, functions of standing committees, New Jersey code of ethics and travel regulations, and description of faculty organizations. (JT)

Brief descriptions of Chicago State University history and organization, personnel policies, institutional procedures and services, student affairs, and university services and procedures are included in the 1974 faculty handbook. Subsections contain goals of the university and statements on academic freedom, faculty appointment, evaluation,…

Included in this 1973 revision of the faculty handbook from Castleton State College, Vermont, are a statement of faculty professional ethics, list of duties of administrative officers and of the faculty, guidelines used by the president's advisory council on promotion and tenure, and personnel information on faculty appointments through the…

Analyzes portions of faculty handbooks dealing with standards and procedures for promotion and tenure at 21 small colleges. Reveals a wide diversity in regard to these procedures and flexible interpretations of what constitutes appropriate terminal degree for tenure and evidence for scholarly or research activity. (SR)

The 1975 Hartwick College faculty handbook describes functions and responsibilities of the board of trustees, president, dean, chairman of the faculty, department chairmen, chairman of interdisciplinary and nondepartmental curricula, and contains "The Faculty Rules and Procedures" including functions of standing committees. Chapters on…