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ERIC Number: EJ477854
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
Faculty Discretionary Time: Departments and the "Academic Ratchet."
Massy, William F.; Zemsky, Robert
Journal of Higher Education, v65 n1 p1-22 Jan-Feb 1994
The "academic ratchet theory," states that faculty increase their discretionary time by reducing institutional responsibilities. Data from four liberal arts and two research universities indicate that class-size utility is asymmetric around teaching method-dependent norms and that research university faculty prefer smaller teaching loads more fervently than liberal arts faculty. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Workload, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, Models, Research Universities, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Ratchet Theory