Friday, November 04, 2005
[IWS] ILO: ACADEMIC TENURE & ITS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT IN POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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International Labour Office (ILO)
Geneva
WP. 218
SECTORAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME
Working Paper
ACADEMIC TENURE AND ITS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT IN POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
Donald C. Savage
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/education/wp218.pdf
[full-text, 165 pages]
[excerpt]
The paper was prepared by Dr. Donald Savage, an internationally recognized author
on academic freedom and tenure, professional ethics and more recently use of performance
indicators in higher education. Based on a case study approach in twelve countries from
Africa, North America, Asia and Europe, the research analyses and compares current
practices and trends over time in employment relationships and tenure, or what is termed
its .functional equivalent. in civil service systems. A perspective is thus given of how
tenure operates and of changes made in employment relationships over time, and how such
changes impact on critical issues, especially academic freedom, in higher education
settings in different systems: those with an .Anglo-American. tradition featuring
considerable institutional autonomy; those with more centralized traditions based on civil
service relationships; and a select group of countries which have moved towards more
democratic systems within the last decade. It concludes with a synthesis of practices and
their implications for employment in higher education, and with recommendations based
on the findings.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
International Labour Office (ILO)
Geneva
WP. 218
SECTORAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME
Working Paper
ACADEMIC TENURE AND ITS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT IN POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
Donald C. Savage
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/education/wp218.pdf
[full-text, 165 pages]
[excerpt]
The paper was prepared by Dr. Donald Savage, an internationally recognized author
on academic freedom and tenure, professional ethics and more recently use of performance
indicators in higher education. Based on a case study approach in twelve countries from
Africa, North America, Asia and Europe, the research analyses and compares current
practices and trends over time in employment relationships and tenure, or what is termed
its .functional equivalent. in civil service systems. A perspective is thus given of how
tenure operates and of changes made in employment relationships over time, and how such
changes impact on critical issues, especially academic freedom, in higher education
settings in different systems: those with an .Anglo-American. tradition featuring
considerable institutional autonomy; those with more centralized traditions based on civil
service relationships; and a select group of countries which have moved towards more
democratic systems within the last decade. It concludes with a synthesis of practices and
their implications for employment in higher education, and with recommendations based
on the findings.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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