Information on non-tenure-track faculty

Documents

Committee on Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

Cornell University

last modified December 2006 (but not fully maintained after 2005)

This is a checklist of materials created or used by the committee in 2002-04, with some later additions. Where possible, they are linked or downloadable in PDF format. .

The University

Final report:	Report of 20 August 2004 (PDF 24K)
Action:	Resolution (III) A: Professional Development Opportunities(PDF 24K) Passed by the Faculty Senate 9 March 2005 Resolution (III) C: Eligibility for Emeritus/a Status (PDF 24K) Passed by the Faculty Senate 9 March 2005

Resources: Cornell

Committee charge and membership:	Mailing of 21 January 2003 (PDF 12K)
Recent actions in the University:	Motion to Create Research Scientist Titles (PDF 12K) [passed by College of Engineering Faculty, 30 April 2003] Enabling Legislation for the Clinical Professor Title (PDF 12K) [passed by the Faculty Senate 4 September 2002]
Reports and past actions:	Committee on Academic Programs and Policies. Report on the Status of Lecturers at Cornell University. February 1994. [distributed.] "Resolution from the Committee on Academic Programs and Policies Regarding Lecturers" (Faculty Council of Representatives, 9 March 1994). [distributed]. Lecturers in the College of Arts and Sciences, report of the Committee on Lecturers (6/28/91) [distributed]
University offices:	Office of the Dean of Faculty Policies and Reports Office of Human Resources Office of Institutional Research and Planning Academic staff Policy Office
Distribution of workforce:	Titles and numbers, 2/02 (PDF 12K) Graphs, 1997-2003 (PDF 12K)
Relevant C.U. Bylaws:	XIII: College and School Faculties (PDF 24K) XVI: Instructional and Research Staff (PDF 24K)
Faculty Handbook:	6th ed. 2001. [downloadable, chapter by chapter] (PDF large) 7th ed. 2002. [distributed]
College policies on NTTF:	Arts and Sciences: Promotion from the Rank of Lecturer to Senior Lecturer (revised 3/96) (PDF 12K) Voting and Committee Membership of Lecturers and Senior lecturers (PDF 12K) Agriculture and Life Sciences: Reappointing Extension Associates and Senior Extension Associates (8/02 draft) (PDF 20K) Reappointing Lecturers and Senior Lecturers (8/02 draft) (PDF 24K) Reappointing Research Associates and Senior Research Associates (8/02 draft) (PDF 24K) Human Ecology Faculty Handbook § 1.3.1 Faculty Membership § 2.7 Promotion to Senior Lecturer, Senior Research Associate, or Senior Extension Associate Law School Criteria for Appointment of or Promotion to Senior Lecturer (Clinical Studies) [distributed] Appointment or Reappointment of Adjunct Faculty and Research Personnel [distributed}
Grievance Procedures:	Establishment of College-Level Academic Employee Grievance Procedures (8/28/02 update) (Policy Office) [These mandate the creation of grievance procedures by each school and college, stipulating that "[t]hese grievance procedures are not applicable to complaints about appointment, reappointment, promotion or any tenure decision."]
Lecturers:	Davis, Stuart. "Lecturers in Arts and Sciences." Arts and Sciences Newsletter (Spring 2005). Electronic version
Libraries:	Procedures: Appointment, Promotion, Travel, Evaluation, Grievance, Search, Research & Professional Development.
Retirement, emeritus/a status:	Provost's Policy Statement on the Transition of Faculty to Emeritus Status (8 May 1998)
Professional development:	Columbia policy on "pedagogical leave" for language lecturers (memo 18 September 2000). [distributed] Recommendation on "Professional Development," § II.B. from Lecturers in the College of Arts and Sciences, report from the Committee on Lecturers (6/28/91) Stanford policy on professional development of senior lecturers. Stanford Report, 3 December 2001 (and search on "senior lecturers").
Leaves:	Policy 6.2.1: Leaves for Professors and Academic Staff (April 2001)
Gender:	Women by Job Function: Academic non-faculty (IRP) (PDF 257K)

Resources: general

On NTTF:	American Association of University Professors, Contingent Faculty Index (December 2006) (PDF 72K) [Comprises an article, "Consequences: An Increasingly Contingent Faculty" by John Curtis and Monica Jacobe, with appendices containing institution-by-institution data.] American Association of University Professors, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Report (April 10, 2001) (PDF 72K) AAUP. "Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession." Draft Policy Statement. Appeared in Academe 89:5 (September-October 2003): 59-71. AAUP Statement: "The Status of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty" (June 1993) Baldwin, Roger G. and Jay L. Chronister. Teaching Without Tenure: Policies and Practices for a New Era. Baltimore: JHUP, 2001. OLIN LB2335.7 .B36x 2001 [Argues for recognizing full-time NTTF as a distinct population in higher education.] Committee on NTTF, University of North Carolina Report and Recommendations (6 March 2002) Finkelstein, Martin. "The Morphing of the American Academic Profession." Liberal Education. 89 (Fall 2003). Leslie, David W., ed. The Growing Use of Part-Time Faculty: Understanding Causes and Effects. New Directions for Higher Education, no. 104. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. [Provides (strenuous) exercise in distinguishing among "part-time," "adjunct," "non-tenure-track," and "contingent."]
AAUP Redbook:	Index of statements and reports (from the Redbook) particular items Benjamin, Ernst. "Disparities in the Salaries and Appointments of Academic Men and Women." (?1998) [update of an 1988 report] "College and University Academic and Professional Appointments." (10 November 2002) [on the need for professional autonomy and job security in these appointments] Euben, Donna. "Tenure: Current Perspectives and Challenges." (October 2002) "The Status of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty" (June 1993)
Tenure:	Helfand, David. "Tenure: Thanks, but No Thanks." Chronicle of Higher Education 15 December 1995.
New Titles:	Fogg, Piper. "For these Professors, 'Practice' is Perfect." Chronicle of Higher Education 16 April 2004. [On both "Professor of the Practice" and "Research Professor" titles at Duke.]