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Tenuous Ties: The Limited-Term Full-Time Faculty in Canadian Universities
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Rajagopal, Indhu – Review of Higher Education, 2004
This paper examines limited-term full-time faculty (LTFTs) in Canadian universities in 1991-1992 in response to the author's survey. It addresses the following issues: the faculty hierarchy, the characteristics of LTFTs, career paths, career aspirations and job prospects, barriers to achieving tenure-stream positions, workloads, perceptions of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Vertical Organization, Teacher Characteristics, Career Development