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ACADEMIC FREEDOM / THE BUSINESS  OF HIGHER EDUCATION / 
ETHNIC AND GENDER ISSUES / THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY /
 SABBATICALS / STUDENT EVALUATIONS  OF FACULTY / 
TENURE & POST-TENURE REVIEW
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ACADEMIC FREEDOM

"Academic Freedom"
(Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2000)

Academic Freedom Institute
(Scholars at Risk Network)

"Academic Freedom in the U.S.A."
(Ronald B. Standler, 1999-2000)

"Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Student Evaluation of Faculty:
(Part I)
Galloping Polls In The 21st Century"
(Robert E. Haskell, University of New England,
Education Policy Analysis Archives, February 1997)

"Academic Freedom, Promotion, Reappointment, Tenure and
The Administrative Use of Student Evaluation of Faculty:
(Part II)
Views From the Court"
(Robert E. Haskell, University of New England,
Education Policy Analysis Archives, August 1997)

"Academic Freedom, Promotion, Reappointment, Tenure And The
Administrative Use of Student Evaluation of Faculty (SEF):
(Part III)
Analysis And Implications of Views From The Court in Relation to
Accuracy and Psychometric Validity"
(Robert E. Haskell, University of New England,
Education Policy Analysis Archives, August 1997)

Academic Freedom, Promotion, Reappointment, Tenure And The
Administrative Use of Student Evaluation of Faculty (SEF):
(Part IV)
Analysis and Implications of Views From the Court in Relation to
Academic Freedom, Standards, and Quality Instruction
(Robert E. Haskell, University of New England,
Education Policy Analysis Archives, November 1997)

Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure
(AAUP)

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THE BUSINESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION


"If It's So Important,
Why Won't They Pay for It:
Public Higher Education at the Turn of the Century"
(Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark, Baruch College, CUNY)

"The Ivory Tower under Siege:
Everyone Else Has Downsized--Why Not the Academy?"
(William H. Honan, New York Times, Jan. 1998)

Statement of the AAUP to the
National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education
(Oct. 1997)

"Us Versus Them: Laboring in the Academic Factory"
(Michael Yates, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown)
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ETHNIC AND GENDER ISSUES


"Academic Advice from the Strategist"
(Annis Pratt, National Women's Studies Association)

"Diversifying the Faculty:
New Report Identifies Barriers and Opportunities"
(AAUP Diversity Digest)

"Faculty Diversity When Jobs Are Scarce: Debunking the Myths"
(Daryl G. Smith, Chronicle 1995)

"Leadership to Recruit and Retain Minority Faculty:
Start by Playing Fair"
(Jonathan Alger, AAUP)

"Race, Gender and Faculty Work Lives:
Data from the University of Michigan"
(Wallace Eddy, University of Michigan)

"References on Chilly Climate for Women Faculty in Academe"
(Jennifer Freyd and J. Q. Johnson, University of Oregon)

Resources for Recruitment and Retention
of Faculty of Color
(AAUP Diversity Digest)

Senate White Paper on Under-Represented Minority Faculty
Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure
(Teresa McKenna, 1995)

"A Study of the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT"
(Committee on Women Faculty, MIT, 1999)

"Two Black Woman Talking About the Promotion, Retention, and Tenure Process"
(Vernellia Randall and Vincene Verdun,
from Black Women in the Academy: Promise and Peril, 1997)

"Walking the Walk: Successfully Recruiting a Diverse Faculty", Part II
(Parts I and III)
(Association of American Law Schools)

"Ways That Males and Females Are Treated Differently [in Computer Science]"
(Ellen Spirtis, MIT)

"Why Are Some Minority Faculty [in Psychology] Unhappy?"
(Bridgit Murray, APA Monitor)

"Women Faculty: Frozen in Time"
(Martha S. West, University of California at Davis)

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SABBATICALS
The University System of Georgia does not endorse
faculty sabbatical programs.  Following are examples
of how such programs operate in other college and
university systems.

Faculty Sabbatical Leave
(Weber State University)

Faculty Sabbaticals
(Dallas County Community Colleges)

Faculty Sabbaticals
(University of Wyoming)

Guidelines for Sabbatical Leaves of Absence
(University of Illinois)

Junior Faculty Sabbaticals
(Loyola College in Maryland)

Promotion & Sabbatical
(Suffolk Community College, NY)

Sabbatical Leave Reports
(St. Lawrence University)

"Sabbaticals: Absence Makes the Faculty Grow Fonder"
(University of Wisconsin--Stout)

Applying for Sabbatical Leave
(University of Denver)
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STUDENT EVALUATIONS OF FACULTY

"Evaluating Student Evaluations"
(Notices of the AMS, March 1997)

"Flunking the Test: The Dismal Record of Student Evaluations"
(Paul Trout, Montana State University)

Gender and Teaching Evaluation
(compiled by Stephanie Riger, WMST-L)

Prof-Watch!  Professor Evaluations
(sample online evaluation report program)

"Student Evaluations: Gender Bias and Teaching Styles"
(L. H. Collings, J. C. Chrisler, K. Quina, from
Career Strategies for Women in Academe)

"Student Evaluations: The Ratings Game"
(John V. Adams, Inquiry 1997)

Student Evaluations of Professors and Grade Inflation
(Chronicle Colloquy)

"A Survey of Faculty Opinions Concerning Student
Evaluations of Faculty"
(Michael H. Birnbaum, California State University at Fullerton)

Teachers Fight Back
"Dedicated to teachers worldwide who wish to respond to
the rising trend of irresponsible, anonymous student
evaluations of teachers."

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TENURE & POST-TENURE REVIEW

"The ABC's of Tenure: What All African-American Faculty Should Know"
(L. J. Cornelius, University of Maryland; S. E. Moore, Seton Hall College,
M. Gray, University of Maryland)

"The Campaign Against Tenure"
(Matthew W. Finkin, University of Illinois)

The Debate over Post-Tenure Review
(1997 Meeting of the AAUP)

"Faculty Tenure: Myth and Reality: 1974-1992" (pdf file)
(Philo A. Hutchinson, NEA Higher Education Journal)

"Keep Tenure: Fix the Problems"
(Frank A. Franz, APS News, June 1998)

"Some Implications of Tenure for the Profession and Society"
(Ernst Benjamin, AAUP)

The Tenure Debate
(Report by Jon A. Preston, Georgia Tech, 1996)

"Tenure Remains Vital to Academic Freedom"
(James E. Perley, AAUP President, April 1997)

"Truths about Tenure in Higher Education"
(NEA, 1997)
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