Policies on tenure for college faculty (teaching and "non-teaching")
probably vary widely among the states. In New York State, tenure is
granted _by act of law_ only to elementary and secondary teachers. For
post-secondary faculty, it is granted only by policy of the Board and/or
collective bargaining agreement. Administrators generally do not have
tenure -- and would often deny tenure to faculty if they could.
At my school, senior administrators are not covered by collective
bargaining, and middle management have a separate bargaining unit. In the
early years of bargaining (when there was no middle management) the
faculty sought to include librarians, counselors, and the "audio-visual"
coordinator because their interests in meeting student needs closely
reflected teaching faculty interests. In recent years, we have even added
adjunct (less than full-time) teachers to our unit.
In spite of different work schedules and changing job functions, I
believe that this arrangement has worked very well. The actions of our
Board have shown the wisdom of this arrangement.
Also the President, Vice-President(s), and certain other specified
administrators participate in our academic meetings as (non-teaching)
"faculty", but do not participate in union meetings [unless they happen
also to be adjuncts! -- currently none are.].
matthewg@goliath.sunyocc.edu
George E. Matthews, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY13215
(315) 469-2381
On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, lillie crowley wrote:
> Sonny,
>
> At 07:53 PM 6/1/97, you wrote:
> >I am doing a research and I like to know somebody
> >can help me find the meaning (understanding) of
> >the followings:
> >1) Teaching and Non-Teaching Faculty
>
> At my school, administrators like the President and Vice President for
> Academic Affairs are non-teaching faculty. Also librarians and counselors.
> I understand why the Pres., etc. should be faculty, but I've never
> understood why counselors and librarians are classed as faculty.
>
> >2) are the non-teaching faculty have the same
> > rights and responsibilities as the teaching faculty?
>
> Same rights, but not the same responsibilities, for obvious reasons.
>
> >3) Does your school grant tenure to Teachers,
> > Counselors and Librarian or just teachers?
>
> Yes, we have tenure for teachers, counselors, librarians and presidents.
>
> Lillie Crowley
>
> > and last, what is your opinion?
> >If anybody has some answers, please foreword. Thanks
>
> Lillie R.F. Crowley
> Associate Professor, Mathematics
> 138 Moloney Building
> Lexington Community College
> Cooper Drive
> Lexington, KY 40506-0235
>
> (606) 257-2797
> (606) 257-4988 (FAX)
> lillie@pop.uky.edu
>
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