Faculty employment at 4-year colleges and universities

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 543-552

  Zhang, Liang ^a   Liu, Xiangmin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent faculty; Faculty employment; Part time faculty

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953028716     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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