Presents the rationale and principles of a system for handling job tenure problems in higher education. (RB)

Discusses Recommendation No. 20 of the report of the Commission on Academic Tenure headed by W. Rea Keast and John Macy. It recommends establishing ratios for tenured and nontenured faculty. (TO)

Discusses the process of external reviewing of faculty for tenure and promotion and lists the obligations of the institution requesting the review as follows: timeliness of notice, payment and working conditions, and protection following review. Mentions the reviewer's obligations. (AEA)

Discusses recent commission reports that call tenure into question and call for reformation and clarification of the concept of shared governance. Asserts that what is required is a general reenvisioning of educators' professional selves, not just as scholars and teachers, but as citizens of the larger academic world. (CR)

Outlines strategies for teaching freshman composition courses and discusses the similarities between teaching graduate courses and teaching survey courses. Finds that (1) thinking, exploring, and testing ideas in the freshman composition classroom can provide material for research; and (2) teaching in the area of one's scholarship provides an…

Addresses the "community" within an English department. Considers what image of the department the author can have that allows the possibility of forgiving one another. Discusses what metaphors describe the department: a lifeboat; a hive; a monastery; an ecosystem; or a minefield. Considers how metaphors account for the best and the worst things…

Contains an annotated bibliography of papers, surveys, and reports on tenure in the teaching of English at the college level. (RB)

Examines the problems confronting the English department of a middle-sized, nonurban baccalaureate institution caught in the economic recession. (RB)

Examines the role of the English department chairman as a spokeman for his faculty and a representative of the university. (RB)

Urges the Association of Departments of English (ADE) to issue position statements on promotion and tenure, on teaching composition, and on becoming more active politically. (AEA)

Discusses the tension that exists between different ways of being a college teacher in many small college departments within and between generations. Considers the amount of publications faculty members produce and how that correlates to their achievement of tenure. (SC)

Discusses the changes in dynamics that have taken place over the past 10 years at institutions like the University of Iowa and discusses the reasons behind and the ramifications of those changes. Claims the University of Iowa risks losing its uniqueness as it seeks top-ten status. (NH)

Discusses the problem of tenure and quality teaching during a time of decreasing enrollments in English departments. (RB)

Highlights the importance of new electronic technologies for the humanities and provides the basis for departmental and institutional support of modern language faculty who use such technologies and integrate them into their work. Provides guidelines for reappointment, tenure, and promotion reviews. (TB)