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Conference paper. ?Our study examines the strategies & practices that assist junior faculty in the promotion & tenure process. Specifically, we address faculty members' views regarding what it takes to succeed in academia, & whether these views vary by rank, gender, & race. Our data come from 40 in-depth interviews with assistant, associate, & full professors all of whom work in universities in the Southeast. Our findings address the dilemmas of mentoring, how race & gender affect relations between junior & senior faculty, particularly effective strategies &/or policies for helping junior faculty succeed, & the meaning of being a faculty member to junior & senior faculty. Our conclusions point to actions a university/college can take to help junior faculty 'succeed' at achieving tenure & promotion at their institutions.?--Sociological Abstracts abstract

A series of reports assess the current and potential legal issues surrounding college athletics, affirmative action, student affairs, tenure, freedom and regulation of speech, disabilities, academic research, and trustees.--ERIC abstract

What do academic novels tell us about academic freedom and tenure? What messages do these novels convey to the broad public? This article attempts to answer these questions by analyzing academic novels that have been written over the last century, paying particular attention to novels written in the last twenty-five years in order to assess current portrayals of academic life. It begins with a brief discussion about how the author defines and studies the academic novel and then analyzes how academic freedom and tenure have been portrayed.--from ERIC abstract

Discusses the importance of a higher education institution's intellectual capital as a strategic asset in long-range planning. Addresses problems of part-time and graduate student instructors in the context of teaching quality as the institution's fundamental mission. Suggests that tenure encourages research, builds institutional strength, and motivates faculty.--ERIC abstract

Explores the trend in which nursing and other health sciences are merged within a single academic unit in higher education. Discusses faculty governance, academic freedom, tenure, the purposes of academic realignment, and overall success of such changes.--ERIC abstract

Suggests that tenure, rather than discriminating against minorities and women, benefits these groups by protecting their academic freedom in the classroom and by encouraging depth in scholarship, and also by adding to a democratic balance of power between faculty and administrators. Urges a more open tenure review process to eliminate elements of racism and sexism.--ERIC abstract

Argues that preserving privilege is the dominant aim of the postmodern university and that the faculty as "guild" demands silence and conformity. Cites instances of careerism, suppression of free speech, and corruption of tenure practices.--ERIC abstract

Pitzer College policy regarding contract renewal, promotion, and tenure for faculty, based on involvement in teaching, academic advising, scholarship, and governance.

Policy outlining faculty appointments with a focus on teaching and full-time faculty, from MIT's Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Guidelines.

Discussion of the length of the "tenure clock" and its extension, including school- or unit-level policy, from the University of Michigan Faculty Handbook.