Introduction: conventional assumptions and the realities of contemporary faculty life
Changing demographics
Breaking trail: one path to a university chancellorship / France A. Córdova
Our experience with dual-career couple hiring at Virginia Tech / Shelli B. Fowler and Karen P. Depauw
Access to higher education for the differently abled / Rachel A. Willis
Partner accommodation and changing definitions of "family" / Wendy K. Wilkins and Patrick M. McConeghy
Minority faculty at historically white institutions / Michelle R. Howard-Vital
Ruminations of an HBCU president / Carolyn R. Mahoney
Affirmative action, sexual harassment, and the changing legal climate / Barbara Mawhiney
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars : meeting faculty supply
SREB-state doctoral scholars : program progress and promise / Ansley A. Abraham
A model program / Bernard J. Milano
Preparing future faculty / Jerry G. Gaff
The phenomenon of increased postdoctoral appointments at US research universities / Jennifer Ma and Paula E. Stephan
Expectations and needs of early-career faculty
Early-career faculty members' expectations and experiences / Ann E. Austin
Excerpts from interviews with early-career faculty
Five criteria for early-career faculty success / Carroll-Ann Trotman
What new scholars want / Cathy A. Trower
Non-tenure-track faculty
Contingent faculty / David W. Leslie
University of North Carolina summary report on campus focus groups 2001
Late career satisfaction
Seeking mutual benefit : late-career faculty vitality and institutional mission enhancement / Jerry Berberet
Suggestions for helping faculty transition into retirement
Being a quadruple threat keeps it interesting / Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Health and retirement benefits / Robert L. Clark
Law student, 66, sets a new bar
Raleigh, NC, News and Observer
Leadership for a new academic environment : developing policy, creating change
The technology revolution and the faculty generation gap / Mary Doyle
Transforming university culture to promote innovation and entrepreneurship / Russ Lea
The importance of internationalization at a comprehensive university / Kenneth Peacock
Policy implications for university systems / Ellen S. Switkes
Faculty of the future and collective bargaining / Linda L. Lamwers
Departmental leadership and faculty careers / Gary S. Krahenbuhl
To choose is to lead / Kermit L. Hall.
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Faculty career paths : multiple routes to academic success and satisfaction by Gretchen M. Bataille. ISBN 9780275987480. Published by Praeger Publishers in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
