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Jones, Brady K. – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background: Creating greater stability in the teacher labor force and improving teacher quality is an important education policy priority in the United States. While there is a robust literature on the external, environmental reasons teachers stay in or leave the occupation, little is known about the role internal, person-level factors play in…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Persistence, Gifted
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McGee, Ebony; Griffith , Derek; Houston, Stacey, II – Teachers College Record, 2019
Background/Context: It is well documented that Black doctoral students in engineering and computing fields experience more stress and strain during doctoral training than their White and Asian peers. However, few studies have examined how Black engineering and computing doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers experience these challenges and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, African American Students, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs
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Sallee, Margaret W. – Teachers College Record, 2019
Background/Context: As the academic job market becomes more competitive, some faculty find it necessary to move away from their partners in order to secure a position, thus leading them to become part of a commuting couple. Despite their presence in the academy, little research exists on how commuting shapes academics' personal and professional…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Interpersonal Relationship, Faculty Mobility, Family Work Relationship