Part-time on the tenure track /

The ideal worker model is dominant in academe, but it presents a mismatch with real faculty lives. The case for a faculty flexibility has been repeatedly made, with one policy recommendation being part-time positions for tenure-track/tenured faculty (PTTT). Despite some of the benefits of this appro...

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Main Author: Herbers, Joan M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, [2014]
Series:ASHE higher education report ; v. 40, no. 5.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Faculty flexibility and the part-time option
  • Profile I: PTTT at three institutions
  • Who are they?
  • Profile II
  • Patterns of use by PTTT faculty
  • Profile III: transitional retirement at Colorado State University (CSU)
  • Lessons from academic medical centers
  • Profile IV
  • Analogs to part-time tenure track
  • Profile V
  • The structure of PTTT positions
  • Profile VI
  • Benefits and challenges
  • Profile VII
  • External forces
  • Profile VIII
  • A pathway forward.