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The Increasing Stratification of Faculty Employment at Colleges and Universities in the United States

Liang Zhang et al.

Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations2021https://doi.org/10.1108/s0742-618620210000026003book-chapter
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We use panel data models to examine variations and changes in faculty employment at four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The share of part-time faculty among total faculty has continued to grow during the last two decades, while the share of full-time lecturers and instructors has been relatively stable. Meanwhile, the share of nontenure track faculty among full-time faculty has been growing, especially among the professorial ranks. Dynamic panel data models suggest that employment levels of different types of faculty respond to a variety of economic and institutional factors. Colleges and universities have increasingly employed faculty whose salaries and benefits are relatively inexpensive; the slowly deteriorating financial situations at most colleges and universities have led to an increasing reliance on a contingent academic workforce. A cross-sectional comparison of the share of full-time nontenure track faculty also reveals significant variations across institutions.

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@article{liang2021,
  title        = {{The Increasing Stratification of Faculty Employment at Colleges and Universities in the United States}},
  author       = {Liang Zhang et al.},
  journal      = {Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations},
  year         = {2021},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/s0742-618620210000026003},
}

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0.59

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.60 × 0.4 = 0.24
M · momentum0.80 × 0.15 = 0.12
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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