This study uses 2019 data from the University and College Academic Staff System to examine gender differences in tenure status among faculty in Canadian universities. It also uses the Survey of Postsecondary Faculty and Researchers to examine feelings of fairness in hiring and promotions. (1) In 2019, almost 6 in 10 full-time university faculty…

This article aims to address the fairness of promotion evaluation (appointments to the rank of full professor) process in Canadian business schools as perceived by tenured business female faculty. Our analysis is underscored by two studies with two different data collection methods (survey data analysis, policy content analysis) and driven by…

This qualitative study explored the transition from teaching to administration through the voices of four novice vice-principals. An integrative approach was used to capture the interaction between new vice-principals, their external contexts, and the resulting leadership outcomes. The data revealed that in spite of these new administrators'…

The recruitment of overseas trained teachers (OTTs) in England is a matter that has received as much attention inside the United Kingdom as outside. Education systems in small island and developing states, especially, were believed to have been placed 'at risk' following the departure of experienced and qualified teachers. Correspondingly, the…

In the past few decades, especially since the 2008-09 economic downturn, the faculty of American colleges and universities has undergone a far-reaching transformation. Multiple factors, mainly extraneous to the campus itself, are reshaping higher education, and as a result a reprioritizing of the internal allocation of resources is occurring. The…

While much literature has considered feedback and professional growth in formative peer reviews of teaching, there has been little empirical research conducted on these issues in the context of summative peer reviews. This article explores faculty members' perceptions of feedback practices in the summative peer review of teaching and reports on…

This article examined issues and implications associated with gender parity in the professoriate. The findings, based on the results from one Canadian institution's most recent women's committee report, emphasize the importance of monitoring progress toward gender parity by examining potential indicators of gender imbalances such as gender…

Statistics Canada's annual census of full-time faculty at all Canadian universities, between 1984 to 1999, is used to measure the effect of gender, discipline, and institution on promotion from assistant to associate professor and from associate to full professor. Accelerated failure time models show that gender has some effect on rates of…

A follow-up study of 86 teachers 13 years after graduation from a teacher education program was made in order to examine possible correlations between preadmission/in-training factors and survival and career advancement. Findings are presented. (MT)

The information in this report on hiring and promotion practices was gathered via questionnaires from 63 school districts across Canada. Topics covered include the interviewing, hiring, and promotion of teaching and nonteaching personnel. Appendix A offers a general overview of selection procedures used by one school district; appendix B discusses…

For a number of reasons, among them decreasing school enrollments, professional staff at all educational levels are tending to stay longer in positions of responsibility. The main objective of this study was to explore the idea of "term" appointments for positions of administrative responsibility in education. Fifty school systems in…

TWO 2-YEAR COLLEGES, ONE WITH AND ONE WITHOUT A MERIT INCENTIVE SYSTEM FOR SALARY AND STATUS ADVANCEMENT, WERE COMPARED IN TERMS OF FACULTY PARTICIPATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL GOALS. THE TWO COLLEGES WERE SIMILAR IN EVERY RESPECT EXCEPT FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT SYSTEM. THE MERIT COLLEGE (MC) USED FACULTY ACADEMIC TITLES AND PROMOTED…

This study attempts to describe and assess the current state of selection and promotion systems for administrators in Ontario school boards and to develop an information base for parties involved with these procedures. The project also seeks to identify high quality procedures and ensure the elimination of bias and subjectivity in personnel…

A survey of 311 elementary teachers in three Ontario (Canada) school districts indicates that teachers' perceptions of school goal achievement (in terms of students' skills, knowledge, and individual development) are positively related to satisfaction with co-workers, supervision, and the job itself, but not with pay or promotion opportunities.…