Embracing Non-Tenure Track Faculty: Changing Campuses for the New Faculty Majority

by Adrianna Kezar

Book Overview

The nature of the higher education faculty workforce is radically and fundamentally changing from primarily full-time tenured faculty to non-tenure track faculty. This new faculty majority faces common challenges, including short-term contracts, limited support on campus, and lack of a professional career track. Embracing Non-Tenure Track Faculty documents real changes occurring on campuses to support this faculty group, unveiling the challenges...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415891140
• ISBN13: 9780415891141
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"