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Study Shows Colleges' Dependence on Their Part-Time Instructors.
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This article is published in The Chronicle of higher education.The article was published on 2000-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 24 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Higher education & Trend analysis.read more
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Gender differences at critical transitions in the careers of science, engineering, and mathematics faculty
TL;DR: Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty as discussed by the authors presents new and surprising findings about career differences between female and male full-time, tenure-track, and tenured faculty in science, engineering, and mathematics at the nation's top research universities.
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Faculty Mentorship At Colleges And Universities
TL;DR: In this paper, a rationale for, as well as features and benefits of a new faculty mentorship program at a comprehensive university is presented, along with a feature and benefit analysis.
Does it Matter Who's in the Classroom? Effect of Instructor Type on Student Retention, Achievement and Satisfaction
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Contract faculty in Canada: using access to information requests to uncover hidden academics in Canadian universities
TL;DR: The authors found that there has been a significant increase in part-time and full-time contract appointments relative to tenure stream positions in Ontario universities and that reluctance of universities to share data on contract faculty has been motivated by both political considerations as well as the nature of university data management, which has been made more problematic by the precarious relationship between universities and their contract employees.
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Future of Academic/Research Librarians: A Period of Transition -- To What?
TL;DR: The author analyzes available data to determine the validity of explanations offered for this shortage and believes that academic librarianship will continue to attract individuals, many later in life, because of the positive attributes of the profession.