scholarly journals 4: UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING FULL-TIME NON-TENURE-TRACK FACULTY

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-59
Author(s):  
Genevieve G. Shaker ◽  
Megan M. Palmer ◽  
Nancy Van Note Chism
Keyword(s):  
Full Time ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Tenure Track Faculty

scholarly journals Who Creates a Google Scholar Profile?

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 515-520
Author(s):  
Hannah June Kim ◽  
Bernard Grofman
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Tenure Track Faculty ◽  
Early Career Faculty ◽  
Citation Counts ◽  
Science Departments ◽  
Highly Cited

ABSTRACTThis article uses data collected from Google Scholar to identify characteristics of scholars who have chosen to create a Google Scholar profile. Among tenured and tenure-track faculty with full-time appointments in PhD-granting political science departments, we find that only 43.7% have created a profile. However, among R1 faculty, young and early-career faculty are more likely to have Google Scholar profiles than those in older cohorts. Although subfield differences are largely nonexistent, there is a notably low proportion of theory faculty with profiles and a slightly higher proportion with profiles among methodologists. Moreover, within cohorts, those who are highly cited are more likely to have profiles than those who have low citation counts. We conclude by discussing implications of our findings, the increasing usage of Google Scholar and profiles, and the increasing importance of an online presence in the academy.

scholarly journals Off the track: A profile of non-tenure track faculty at McGill University

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Carol Cumming Speirs ◽  
Rhonda Amsel ◽  
Malcolm G. Baines ◽  
Jo-Anne Pickel
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Tenure Track Faculty ◽  
Financial Restraint ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Disproportionate Number ◽  
High Degree

A survey conducted at McGill University suggests that non-tenure track faculty are a diverse group of highly-qualified individuals whose employment status involves a high degree of uncertainty. In accordance with other Canadian and American studies, the survey also found that a disproportionate number of women occupy non-tenure track as opposed to tenured or tenure track positions. Since the 1980s, North American universities have responded to increasing student enrollments and con- tinued cuts to government funding by appointing significant numbers of faculty to full-time and part-time non-tenure track positions. Due to the precariousness of their employment status, non-tenure track faculty rep- resent an attractive buffer in times of financial restraint. Despite their increasing numbers, however, little is known about the composition and concerns of non-tenure track faculty as a group. This article describes this group at one university and puts into question the structural and power relations that have led to their increased use and abuse.

scholarly journals Non-Tenure Track Faculty Satisfaction: A Self-Determination Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent A. Crick ◽  
Lisa M. Larson ◽  
Matthew T. Seipel
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Faculty Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Global Satisfaction ◽  
Environmental Support ◽  
Tenure Track Faculty

Full-time non-tenure track faculty, commonly referred to as NTT faculty, are increasingly utilized in higher education and shoulder much of the teaching load within academic institutions. Self-determination theory (SDT) has shown promise as a conceptual frame for characterizing the relationship between environmental support factors and NTT faculty satisfaction. Full-time NTT faculty were sampled nationwide ( N = 3,527) to investigate an SDT-based model positing basic psychological needs (i.e., volitional autonomy and relatedness) as mediators between six environmental support indices and NTT faculty satisfaction (i.e., teaching/service and global satisfaction). Structural equation model results showed volitional autonomy and relatedness fully mediated the relationships between the six environmental supports and both indices of faculty satisfaction. Results highlight the utility of basic psychological needs in understanding the relationships between the environment and NTT faculty satisfaction. Implications, future directions, and limitations are also presented.

Full-time Non-tenure-track Faculty: Current Status, Condition, and Attitudes

1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay L. Chronister ◽  
Roger G. Baldwin ◽  
Theresa Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Current Status ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Tenure Track Faculty

Employee engagement: exploring higher education non-tenure track faculty members’ perceptions

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad J. Kovaleski ◽  
Vishal Arghode
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Content Type ◽  
North East ◽  
Tenure Track Faculty ◽  
Data Clusters

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study employee engagement in higher education by examining full-time non-tenure track faculty members’ perceptions at a North East US state public university. Design/methodology/approach The authors used semi-structured face-to-face personal interviews with 11 non-tenure track full-time university faculty. Using a phenomenological approach, thematic analysis was conducted for employee interview data. The data was further refined through first and second cycle coding. The primary eight coded clusters were further reduced to three data clusters, each representing an evolving unit of meaning. Findings The analysis revealed three themes relating to how full-time non-tenure track faculty experience and understand engagement: required institutional engagement, perceived necessary engagement and relational collegial engagement. Originality/value The study adds to the limited research available on non-tenure track faculty members within higher education organization and their perceptions of engagement.

Perceptions of Part-Time Faculty by Chairpersons of Undergraduate Health Education Programs

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 923-931
Author(s):  
James H. Price ◽  
Robert E. Braun ◽  
Molly A. McKinney ◽  
Amy Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Graduate Degree Programs ◽  
Part Time Faculty ◽  
Tenure Track Faculty ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Faculty

In recent years, it has become commonplace for universities to hire part-time and non–tenure track faculty to save money. This study examined how commonly part-time faculty are used in health education and how they are used to meet program needs. The American Association of Health Education’s 2009 “Directory of Institutions Offering Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs in Health Education” was used to send a three-wave mailing to programs that were not schools of public health ( n = 215). Of the 125 departments (58%) that responded, those that used part-time faculty averaged 7.5 part-time faculty in the previous academic year, teaching on average a total of 10 classes per year. A plurality of departments (38%) were currently using more part-time faculty than 10 years ago and 33% perceived that the number of part-time faculty has resulted in decreases in the number of full-time positions. Although 77% of department chairs claimed they would prefer to replace all of their part-time faculty with one full-time tenure track faculty member. As colleges downsize, many health education programs are using more part-time faculty. Those faculty members who take part-time positions will likely be less involved in academic activities than their full-time peers. Thus, further research is needed on the effects of these changes on the quality of health education training and department productivity.

scholarly journals Prospects in the Academic Labor Market for Economists

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald G Ehrenberg
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Academic Labor Market ◽  
Tenure Track Faculty ◽  
Academic Labor ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Doctoral Universities ◽  
New Evidence

This paper discussed what the academic labor market for economists is likely to look like in the years ahead. After tracing out trends in PhD production of new economists, including the increasing share of new PhDs who are foreign residents, it presents new evidence on the growing use of part-time and full-time non tenure-track faculty in U.S. economics departments, the growing salary differentials between economists employed at private and public doctoral universities, and how economists' salaries have changed relative to those of faculty in other disciplines.

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