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BL
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1036622
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b790992
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| Title & Author
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The questions of tenure /\ edited by Richard P. Chait.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, 2002.
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1 online resource (xii, 334 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0674029348
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: 9780674029347
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0674007719
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0674016041
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9780674007710
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9780674016040
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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To some, tenure is essential to academic freedom and a magnet to recruit and retain top-flight faculty. To others, it is an impediment to professorial accountability and a constraint on institutional flexibility and finances. But beyond anecdote and opinion, what do we really know about how tenure works? In this unique book, Richard Chait and his colleagues offer the results of their research on key empirical questions. Are there circumstances under which faculty might voluntarily relinquish tenure? When might new faculty actually prefer non-tenure track positions? Does the absence of tenure mean the absence of shared governance? Why have some colleges abandoned tenure while others have adopted it? Answers to these and other questions come from careful studies of institutions that mirror the American academy: research universities and liberal arts colleges, including both highly selective and less prestigious schools. The questions of tenure offers vivid pictures of academic subcultures. Chait and his colleagues conclude that context counts so much that no single tenure system exists.
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College teachers-- Tenure-- United States.
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Universities and colleges-- Faculty-- Employment-- United States.
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Professeurs (Enseignement supérieur)-- Permanence-- États-Unis.
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Universités-- Corps enseignant-- Travail-- États-Unis.
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College teachers-- Tenure.
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EDUCATION / Higher
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EDUCATION-- Higher.
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Universities and colleges-- Faculty-- Employment.
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Loopbaanplanning.
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Universiteiten.
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Wetenschappelijk personeel.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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378.1/21
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LB2335.7.Q47 2002eb
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81.80bcl
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81.80.bcl
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| Added Entry
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Chait, Richard.
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