Promotion and Tenure: Community and Socialization in Academe (SUNY series, Frontiers in Education) - Hardcover

Tierney, William G.; Bensimon, Estela Mara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791429776 ISBN 13: 9780791429778

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1996

Synopsis

Argues that cultural leadership among the faculty of higher education becomes interpretation and facilitation rather than management. Also articulates problems of tenure-track faculty, especially woman and people of color; and issues of individuals who voluntarily leave the tenure track. Based on a series of interviews using experimental forms of ethnographic presentation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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I think that this is one of the most interesting books on higher education that I have read in quite a while. It is also a good antidote to some of the negative books on higher education in recent years. Philip G. Altbach, Boston College
The topic is of great importance. The tenure process and the notions of academic freedom are being questioned by people within and outside the academic community. This study makes a significant contribution to an important field of study by offering insight into real life situations of pre-tenure faculty while also considering issues of diversity in the pre-tenure faculty ranks. Caroline S. Turner, University of Minnesota"

"I think that this is one of the most interesting books on higher education that I have read in quite a while. It is also a good antidote to some of the negative books on higher education in recent years." -- Philip G. Altbach, Boston College

"The topic is of great importance. The tenure process and the notions of academic freedom are being questioned by people within and outside the academic community. This study makes a significant contribution to an important field of study by offering insight into real life situations of pre-tenure faculty while also considering issues of diversity in the pre-tenure faculty ranks." -- Caroline S. Turner, University of Minnesota

Synopsis:

Argues that cultural leadership among the faculty of higher education becomes interpretation and facilitation rather than management. Also articulates problems of tenure-track faculty, especially woman and people of color; and issues of individuals who voluntarily leave the tenure track. Based on a series of interviews using experimental forms of e

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0791429776
• ISBN 13: 9780791429778
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176