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ERIC Number: EJ655972
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
Conflict in Academic Departments: An Analysis of Disputes over Faculty Promotion and Tenure.
Hearn, James C.; Anderson, Melissa S.
Research in Higher Education, v43 n5 p503-29 Oct 2002
Examined divisiveness in votes for promotion and tenure in departments at a large research university. Findings suggest that the departments most likely to experience very split voting patterns are those with larger instructional loads for faculty, low levels of internal curricular specialization, and "soft" disciplinary paradigms. (EV)
Descriptors: Conflict, Departments, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Tenure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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