ACADEMIC TENURE
DEFINITION: "Academic tenure is the academic teacher’s or researcher’s claim to or guarantee of permanence of the position to which he has been appointed by a college or university." (Encyclopedia of Education, p. 257)
NARROW THE TOPIC:
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Is tenure necessary to protect academic freedom?
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Does tenure have an ill effect on faculty teaching responsibilities?
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Does tenure effect faculty productivity?
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Do female faculty have a more difficult time obtaining tenure then males?
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Is race an issue in obtaining tenure?
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Discuss recent court decisions on the issue.
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Should Sami al-Arian have been fired from the University of South Florida by Betty Castor?
LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS AND SEE ALSO REFERENCES: Teachers—Tenure; College Teachers—Tenure; Tenured Faculty; Nontenured Faculty
SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:
| American Educator’s Encyclopedia ("Tenure") | REF LB 15.D37 c.2 | ||
| American Public School Law | REF KF 4118 .A39 2001 | ||
| Encyclopedia of American Education ("Tenure") | REF LB 17.U54 1996 v.3 | ||
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REF KF 154 .W47 | ||
| Higher Education in the United States: an Encyclopedia | REF LA 225 .H54 2002 v.2 |
AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:
CQ Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press)"Academic Freedom" 10/17/2005
International Encyclopedia of Education (Women and Academic Careers) v. 11
ELECTRONIC INDEXES:
| Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) | Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) | OmniFile Full Text Select Edition (Wilson) |
| ERIC (EBSCO) | CQ Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press) |
FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers (NewsBank)
INTERNET SITES:
| American Association of University Professors (AAUP) | http://www.aaup.org/Issues/tenure/index.htm |
| American Association of University Women | http://www.aauw.org/laf/library/tenure.cfm |
| Chronicle of Higher Education | http://chronicle.com/indepth/labor/ |
| American Federation of Teachers | http://www.aft.org/higher_ed/issues/tenure.html |
| Illinois State University AAUP | http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jhreid/isuaaup/tenure.htm |
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