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The Stress-Producing Working Conditions of Part-Time Faculty.
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Gappa, Judith M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1987
Part-time faculty members strongly believe that institutional employment policies and practices are developed for the primary benefit of the employer and contribute significantly to the job-related stress they experience. (Author)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Employer Employee Relationship, Higher Education
Work, Family, and the Faculty Career. New Pathways: Faculty Career and Employment for the 21st Century Working Paper Series, Inquiry #8.
Gappa, Judith M.; MacDermid, Shelley M. – 1997
This paper, one in a series about the priorities of the professoriate, examines work-family issues as they affect faculty recruitment, retention, and productivity. Following a brief discussion of changing work-force demographics, the first part of the paper examines the structure of an academic career, focusing particularly on junior faculty and…
Descriptors: Careers, College Faculty, Dual Career Family, Faculty College Relationship
Off the Tenure Track: Six Models for Full-Time Nontenurable Appointments. New Pathways: Faculty Career and Employment for the 21st Century Working Paper Series, Inquiry #10.
Gappa, Judith M. – 1996
This paper, one in a series about the priorities of the professoriate, explores several alternatives to tenure for faculty and institutions. Data for the study was drawn from a series of site visits to seven institutions during winter/spring 1995-96. Seventy-one interviews were conducted with administrators, senior faculty, and full-time…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Rank (Professional), Career Development, Career Ladders