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Book SynopsisThey outline the stakes for the nation and the challenging work to be done.
Trade ReviewThe definitive work of a broad shift now underway. Future Survey 2006 The authors paint a troubling picture. University Business 2006 Always readable, occasionally conversational style... keeps you moving along. -- Mary Taylor Huber Change 2007 The American Faculty is destined to be a classic... The most thorough and thoughtful analysis of its topic in many years. -- Philip G. Altbach Journal of Education Planning and Administration 2006 I found this book to be a significant resource for data on the American professoriate. -- James S. Fairweather Academe 2007 Practitioners and researchers looking for a comprehensive overview of the faculty life with an emphasis on changes in the last 40 years will be well served by reading The American Faculty. -- Adrianna Kezar Journal of College Student Development 2007 This book and its extensive research appendices are a must-read for scholars who study the academic profession... It will be important for provosts, deans, department chairs, and those who have previously been involved in the 'faculty roles and rewards' movement to read this book and interpret its trends and implications for their own campuses and plans for faculty hiring, professional development, and reward systems. -- KerryAnn O'Meara and Kate Hudson Review of Higher Education 2007 An impressive piece of work, a key reading for anyone interested in the state of academic work-especially, but not only, in the United States-and where it might be headed. -- Malcolm Tight Studies in Higher Education 2007 The American Faculty is an extensive examination of the condition of the American academic profession. -- Taggart Smith Teaching Theology and Religion 2008 The American Faculty is a worthy addition to the expanding field of higher education studies. -- William Bruneau CAUT Bulletin 2008 Jack Schuster and Martin Finkelstein's The American Faculty cannot be approached with anything but interest. -- Paul Stortz and E. Lisa Panayotidis Academic Matters 2008
Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: Overview of the American Facultty
1. Establishing the Framework
2. The American Faculty in Perspective
3. The Professoriate in Profile
Part Two: The Faculty at Work
4. The Changing Complexion of Faculty Work
5. Academic Culture and Values and the Quality of Work Life
Part Three: The Academic Career
6. The Changing Academic Career
7. The Revolution in Academic Appointments: A Closer Look
8. Compensation and Academic Careers: Trends and Issues
9. Pathways to the Professoriate
Part Four: Assessing Contemporaray Academic Life
10. American Academic Life Restructured
11. What's Ahead? Agendas for Policy Analysis, Research, and Action on Academic Staffing
Appendixes
A. The National Faculty Surveys
B. Selected National Faculty Surveys: A Concordance of Contents
C. Interpreting Faculty Surveys: Challenges and Strategies
D. Variables for Classifying Faculty Subgroups
E. Definitions of Terms Used in Tables and Figures
F. Academic Appointments: Historical Milestones
G. Faculty Compensation: Data Sources
H. Note on Accessing the Survey Instruments
I. Faculty Diversity: Race and Ethnicity Categories
J. Appendix Tables
Bibliography
Index
