But by not extending the contracts of nontenured faculty or by phasing out tenured positions over time, universities could seriously cut labor costs. ❋ Richard Vedder (2011)
Some nontenured lecturers earn less than $100 for each student they instruct. ❋ Stephanie Simon (2010)
In a comprehensive canvassing of court decisions based on teacher evaluation for compe tency, I found that the defendant districts prevailed in more than a 3-to-1 ratio, and that there was no significant difference between the outcomes for nontenured as compared to tenured teachers. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Streamlining should include lengthening the probationary period, elevating the standard for moving from nontenured to tenured status, and integrating a growth model of student achievement as a proportional, not primary, piece of the evaluation system. ❋ Unknown (2010)
About 38 percent of the nation's instructors are now part-timers, a category of nontenured itinerants. ❋ Unknown (2008)
There are good P&T matters to report: More associate professors are talking about promotion, and we have more models for promotion in our nontenured full time ranks. ❋ Susan (2008)
Well, Reality Check, what do you call it when younger/nontenured folk insistently direct an older female law professor to act more like their stereotype of an older female law professor? ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)
Ann, how many of your peers move to nontenured positions? ❋ Ann Althouse (2005)
I will only mention one, from David Riesman, who told of a case at the University of Chicago where a nontenured person who refused to give names was not only not terminated, but was defended in court at university expense. ❋ Bellah, Robert N. (2005)
The colleges also control costs and quality by using mostly part-time, nontenured faculty members whose contracts can be terminated when courses empty or teachers burn out, Silberman said in an interview at the Washington campus of for-profit Strayer ❋ Unknown (2011)
This year, led by Chancellor Mike McKinney, a former Perry chief of staff, the A&M administration earned a rebuke from the American Association of Universities for adopting the TPPF policies, which call for separating research and teaching, encouraging the employment of nontenured faculty and creating a new alternative accreditation process. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Pickler also argues the creation of one huge district will overstretch resources, possibly leading to job cuts among nontenured teachers, janitors and cafeteria workers. ❋ Unknown (2011)
In the meantime, the hard work of teaching - which is also a way of creating knowledge - is increasingly consigned to graduate students, part-timers, and nontenured contingent faculty. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Provided you were successful in getting tenure at the current institution, and had an offer from another institution (coming in nontenured, but assuming their tenure requirements weren't as difficult), would you stay? ❋ Unknown (2010)
