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ERIC #:	ED534776
Title:	Success on the Tenure Track: Five Keys to Faculty Job Satisfaction
Authors:	Trower, Cathy Ann
Descriptors:	Employment Practices; Higher Education; Collegiality; College Faculty; Tenure; Job Satisfaction; National Surveys; Best Practices; College Administration; Work Environment; Educational Trends; Faculty College Relationship
Source:	Johns Hopkins University Press
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Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press. 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Tel: 800-537-5487; Tel: 410-516-6900; Fax: 410-516-6998; e-mail: hfscustserve@press.jhu.edu; Web site: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books
Publication Date:	2012-00-00
Pages:	288
Pub Types:	Books; Reports - Descriptive
Abstract:	Landing a tenure-track position is no easy task. Achieving tenure is even more difficult. Under what policies and practices do faculty find greater clarity about tenure and experience higher levels of job satisfaction? And what makes an institution a great place to work? In 2005-2006, the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education surveyed more than 15,000 tenure-track faculty at 200 participating institutions to assess their job satisfaction. The survey was designed around five key themes for faculty satisfaction: tenure clarity, work-life balance, support for research, collegiality, and leadership. "Success on the Tenure Track" positions the survey data in the context of actual colleges and universities and real faculty and administrators who talk about what works and why. Best practices at the highest-rated institutions in the survey--Auburn, Ohio State, North Carolina State, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa, Kansas, and North Carolina at Pembroke--give administrators practical, proven advice on how to increase their employee satisfaction. Additional chapters discuss faculty demographics, trends in employment practices, what leaders can do to create and sustain a great workplace for faculty, and what the future might hold for tenure. An actively engaged faculty is crucial for American higher education to retain its global competitiveness. Cathy Ann Trower's analysis provides colleges and universities a considerable inside advantage to get on the right track toward a happy, productive workforce.
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Identifiers:	Alabama; Ohio; North Carolina; Illinois; Iowa; Kansas
Record Type:	Non-Journal
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ISBN:	ISBN-978-1-4214-0597-1
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Audiences:	Administrators
Languages:	English
Education Level:	Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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