Part-Time on the Tenure Track, AEHE Volume 40 Number 5 - Herbers, Joan M. (Wiley, 2014)
Part-Time on the Tenure Track; Contents; Executive Summary; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Part-Time Tenure Track in Higher Education; Précis; Faculty Flexibility and the Part-Time Option; The Need for Faculty Flexibility; The Imperative of Faculty Retention; The Faculty Life Course; PTTT and the Flexibility Agenda; Policy and Practice; Profile I: PTTT at Three Institutions; Who Are They?; Sources of Data on PTTT; IPEDS Data; Overview of PTTT Faculty; Institutions Reporting PTTT Faculty; NSOPF Data; The Leslie-Walke Study; The NSOPF-04 Database; Faculty Satisfaction; Profile II.
Patterns of Use by PTTT FacultyEarly Career and Family Constraints; Dual-Career Placement; Childcare Constraints; Effect of Early-Career PTTT Positions on Long-Term Success; Mid-Career Motivations; Late Career: Phasing Into Retirement; Policies for Phased Retirement; Phased Retirement as an Institutional Strategy; Conclusion; Profile III: Transitional Retirement at Colorado State University (CSU); Lessons From Academic Medical Centers; Academic Medicine Must Adapt to a Changing Workforce; Faculty Retention; PTTT in Academic Medicine; Department Culture; Differences Among Specialty Areas
The Life Course Model in Academic MedicineProfile IV; Analogs to Part-Time Tenure Track; Analogs Within Academia; Analogs in Other Work Sectors: The Path to Partner; Law; Accounting; Conclusion; Profile V; The Structure of PTTT Positions; Policies on PTTT; Policy Development; Usage of PTTT Policies; Parameters of PTTT Appointments; Faculty Contracts; Time Course for PTTT Faculty Positions; Special Considerations for Shared Positions; Special Considerations for Faculty Phasing to Retirement; Conclusion; Profile VI; Benefits and Challenges; The View From Administration; Pros; Cons
The View From the FacultyReduced Compensation; Departmental Culture; The Flexibility Stigma; Conclusion; Profile VII; External Forces; Laws About Fair Hiring and Conflicts of Interest; Faculty Contracts for Collective Bargaining; State Retirement Systems; Funding Agencies; Accreditation Bodies; Insurance Companies; Special Faculty Units; Conclusion; Profile VIII; A Pathway Forward; The Faculty Life Course; Challenging the Ideal Worker; Best Practices for PTTT; The New Ideal; Notes; Appendix 1 Individuals Who Have Held PTTT Positions in Early Career, and Their Current Status
Appendix 2 Snapshots of Institutional Policies and Usage of PTTT Positions, Excluding Phased Retirement PoliciesReferences; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Author; About the ASHE Higher Education Report Series; Call for Proposals; Recent Titles; Order Form; Advert; EULA.