Understanding the New Majority - Aehe 36:5

Informationen zum Autor Adrianna Kezar has been associate professor for higher education at theUniversity of Southern California since 2003. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in higher education administration from the University of Michigan. She was formerly editor of the ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report Series from 1996 to 2004. Kezar has published more than seventy-five journal articles! fifty book chapters! and twelve books. Recent books include: Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education (Routledge Press! 2011) and Redesigning for Collaboration in Higher Education (Jossey-Bass! 2009). Kezar has also served on several editorial boards and received national awards for her commitment and leadership. Cecile Sam is a doctoral candidate in higher education policy at the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include leadership and organization theory as applied to faculty work in higher education! with a special interest in ethics. Klappentext American faculty are changing. Approximately 65 percent of all faculty now being appointed are nontenure track. Despite these changes! many higher education institutions still operate as though tenure-track faculty are the norm and non-tenure-track faculty are a supplementary workforce. Zusammenfassung American faculty are changing. Approximately 65 percent of all faculty now being appointed are nontenure track. Despite these changes! many higher education institutions still operate as though tenure-track faculty are the norm and non-tenure-track faculty are a supplementary workforce. Inhaltsverzeichnis Executive Summary. Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction and Overview. Need for the Monograph. Purpose and Audience. Terminology. Background: Understanding the Conflicting Research. Introduction to the Players: Groups Studying Non-Tenure-Track Faculty. Organization of the Monograph. Theories Used to Study and Understand Non-Tenure-Track Faculty. Economic Theories. Sociological Theories. Psychological and Social Psychological Theories. Organizational Theory. Labor Relations Theory. Conclusion. Tensions. Ideological Tensions. Practical Tensions. Empirical Tensions. Conclusion. Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research. Overall Conclusions and Implications. Future Research. Conclusion. Notes. References. Name Index. Subject Index. About the Authors. ...

Product details

• Authors: AEHE, Adrianna J./ Sam Aehe (COR)/ Kezar, Adrianna J. Sam Aehe Kezar, Kezar, Adrianna Kezar, Adrianna J. Kezar, Adrianna Sam Kezar, SAM, Cecile Sam
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.2011
• EAN: 9781118014059
• ISBN: 978-1-118-01405-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: J-B Ashe Higher Education Repo; J-B Ashe Higher Education Repo; J-B ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system