Faculty Perceptions about Tenure at Private Christian Liberal Arts Colleges.

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    • Subject Terms:
      TENURE of teachers; COLLEGE teachers; CHRISTIAN universities & colleges; COUNCIL for Christian Colleges & Universities; PROMOTIONS
    • Abstract:
      This study investigates faculty perceptions of tenure at 38 institutions of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) with a sample of 988 faculty with tenure, 734 on a tenure track, 427 who are not on a tenure track, and 411 from institutions without tenure. Major findings that emerges are (1) more male have earned tenure; (2) the majority of tenures faculty agreed that the criteria for advancement and promotion are clear; (3) most disagree that tenure is an outmoded concept; (4) faculty with tenure are more likely to believe that tenure attracts the best minds; (5) CCCU faculty working toward tenure report lower levels of extensive stress than the national sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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