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Leading Departments with Contingent and Tenure-Eligible Faculty: Strategies and Solutions

Authors

• • Diana L Ashe
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington
• • Matthew L TenHuisen
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington
• • Colleen A Reilly
  • University of North Carolina Wilmington

Abstract

Leadership and communication strategies for leading departments that include both contingent and tenure-eligible faculty through three case studies, dealing with 1) voting rights and other claims upon resources; 2) a lack of career milestones, making contingent faculty feel “stuck”; and 3) ways to value contributions of contingent faculty.

Keywords: contingent, adjunct, morale, tenure, communication

How to Cite: Ashe, D. L. , TenHuisen, M. L. & Reilly, C. A. (2017) “Leading Departments with Contingent and Tenure-Eligible Faculty: Strategies and Solutions”, Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings. 1(2017).