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ERIC Number: EJ586101
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-1831
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Tenure in the New Millenium.
Richardson, James T.
National Forum, v79 n1 p19-23 Win 1999
Discussion of the decline of tenure in American higher education looks at its origins, the structural fragmentation of higher education, trends in faculty job security and part-time employment, resulting competition for teaching jobs, and the general loss of academic freedom as a consequence. Article argues that American higher education must work quickly to re-establish academic freedom. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Educational Trends, Employment Practices, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Part Time Faculty, Personnel Policy, Teacher Supply and Demand, Tenure, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: "Issues in Higher Education." Journal availability: Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Box 16000, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70893.