The Faculty Dilemma: A Short Course.

Schuster, Jack H.

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ERIC Number: EJ345277

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Faculty Dilemma: A Short Course.

Schuster, Jack H.

Phi Delta Kappan, v68 n4 p275-82 Dec 1986

Outlines the predicaments facing the academic profession and focuses on four major propositions: (1) the decline of the faculty condition; (2) low faculty morale; (3) declining career competitiveness; and (4) the teaching/research dilemma. Concludes that the academic profession in the United States stands at a crossroads. (IW)

Descriptors: Career Choice, College Faculty, Educational Change, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development, Faculty Workload, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Problems, Publish or Perish Issue, Research, Teacher Morale, Teacher Shortage, Teaching Conditions, Values, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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