Faculty members say they are worried about job security but also whether they should be introducing certain topics, like gender, in their class or with colleagues.
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Academic tenure – a system of job protections for university professors – came about in the early 20th century. Will it survive in the 21st century? A scholar weighs in.
Graduate programs can be rich in scholarship and still prepare students for real-world careers.
Kenya has moved to phase out part-time lecturers in a bid to improve the quality of university education.
Many research universities have adopted ‘family-friendly’ tenure rules to help women balance family and career. However, men, not women, seem to benefit from having the extra time.
With 70 percent adjunct faculty, who work on a semester-to-semester basis, the current system is not helping students. What can replace the traditional tenure system?
With an increasing percentage of adjunct faculty, tenure and academic freedom are way more complex and nuanced than we realize.
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Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension
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Ph.D. Student, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University
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Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara
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PhD Student, University of Southern California
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Boswell Professor of Economics, Claremont McKenna College
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Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Pullias center for Higher Education, University of Southern California
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Professor of English and American Studies, Fordham University
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Professor of English, Arizona State University
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota