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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:
Is tenure necessary to protect academic freedom?
Does tenure have an ill effect on faculty teaching responsibilities?
Does tenure effect faculty productivity?
Do female faculty have a more difficult time obtaining tenure then males?
Is race an issue in obtaining tenure?
Discuss recent court decisions on the issue.
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
West’s Encyclopedia of American Law 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 "Academic Freedom" 10/17/2005
International Encyclopedia of Education (Women and Academic Careers) v. 11
ELECTRONIC INDEXES:
Academic Search Complete Expanded Academic ASAP OmniFile Full Text Mega
ERIC CQ Researcher
FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers
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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