A measure of the impact of tenure

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-119

  Meyer, Richard W ^a  

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DOI: 10.5860/crl.60.2.110     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. For recent examples, see: "New Light on Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 41, no. 31 (Apr. 1995): A16-A22; Cary Nelson, Will Teach for Food: Academic Labor in Crisis (Minneapolis and London: Univ. of Minnesota Pr., 1997); Peter Schmidt, "Governors Want Fundamental Changes in Colleges, Question Place of Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 41 (June 1998): A38; Robin Wilson, "Wesleyan U. Wins Suit Challenging a Tenure Denial," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 48 (Aug. 1998): A12; Dennis Wrong, "The Challenge to Tenure," Dissent 45, no. 3 (summer 1998): 85-87.
2. For recent examples, see: "New Light on Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 41, no. 31 (Apr. 1995): A16-A22; Cary Nelson, Will Teach for Food: Academic Labor in Crisis (Minneapolis and London: Univ. of Minnesota Pr., 1997); Peter Schmidt, "Governors Want Fundamental Changes in Colleges, Question Place of Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 41 (June 1998): A38; Robin Wilson, "Wesleyan U. Wins Suit Challenging a Tenure Denial," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 48 (Aug. 1998): A12; Dennis Wrong, "The Challenge to Tenure," Dissent 45, no. 3 (summer 1998): 85-87.
3. For recent examples, see: "New Light on Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 41, no. 31 (Apr. 1995): A16-A22; Cary Nelson, Will Teach for Food: Academic Labor in Crisis (Minneapolis and London: Univ. of Minnesota Pr., 1997); Peter Schmidt, "Governors Want Fundamental Changes in Colleges, Question Place of Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 41 (June 1998): A38; Robin Wilson, "Wesleyan U. Wins Suit Challenging a Tenure Denial," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 48 (Aug. 1998): A12; Dennis Wrong, "The Challenge to Tenure," Dissent 45, no. 3 (summer 1998): 85-87.
4. For recent examples, see: "New Light on Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 41, no. 31 (Apr. 1995): A16-A22; Cary Nelson, Will Teach for Food: Academic Labor in Crisis (Minneapolis and London: Univ. of Minnesota Pr., 1997); Peter Schmidt, "Governors Want Fundamental Changes in Colleges, Question Place of Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 41 (June 1998): A38; Robin Wilson, "Wesleyan U. Wins Suit Challenging a Tenure Denial," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 48 (Aug. 1998): A12; Dennis Wrong, "The Challenge to Tenure," Dissent 45, no. 3 (summer 1998): 85-87.
5. For recent examples, see: "New Light on Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 41, no. 31 (Apr. 1995): A16-A22; Cary Nelson, Will Teach for Food: Academic Labor in Crisis (Minneapolis and London: Univ. of Minnesota Pr., 1997); Peter Schmidt, "Governors Want Fundamental Changes in Colleges, Question Place of Tenure," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 41 (June 1998): A38; Robin Wilson, "Wesleyan U. Wins Suit Challenging a Tenure Denial," Chronicle of Higher Education 44, no. 48 (Aug. 1998): A12; Dennis Wrong, "The Challenge to Tenure," Dissent 45, no. 3 (summer 1998): 85-87.
6. For statistical normalization, the analysis reported on here was conducted on data from the early 1990s, when the number of colleges with tenure for librarians was almost half.
7. Richard W. Meyer, "Librarian Salaries: Paid What We're Worth?" College & Research Libraries News 51 (June 1990): 504-9.
8. Walter P. Metzger, "Academic Tenure in America: A Historical Essay," in Faculty Tenure: A Report and Recommendations by the Commission on Academic Tenure in Higher Education (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1973), 93-159.
9. Robert E. McCormick and Roger E. Meiners, "University Governance: A Property Rights Perspective," Journal of Law and Economics 31 (Oct. 1988): 423-42.
10. Association of College and Research Libraries, "Standards for Faculty Status for College and University Librarians," College & Research Libraries News 53, no. 5 (May 1992): 317-18.
11. Richard W. Meyer, "Earnings Gains through the Institutionalized Standard of Faculty Status," Library Administration and Management, 4, no. 4 (fall 1990): 184-93.
12. Ibid.
13. The reader who is skeptical would be correct to observe that nothing can be proved with statistics. Similarly, a map of Missouri cannot be used to prove that St. Louis is located on the eastern border of the state at the confluence of two rivers. However, the map would be easily acceptable as a predictor of direction for a traveler destined for that city. In a related way, ordinary least squares regression analysis provides a powerful predictor of outcomes, helping us to understand what factors result in particular conditions.
14. Ernest T. Pascarella and Patrick T. Terenzini, How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991).
15. Ibid., 79-80.
16. Ibid., 103.
17. Linda L. Walsdorf, An Examination of the Relationship between Scholastic Aptitude and Graduate Records Examination Scores (Master's thesis, Trinity University, 1991).
18. Jeffrey L. Gilmore, Price and Quality in Higher Education. (Washington, D.C.: Office of Research, U.S. Department of Education, 1991).
19. Ibid.