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1、TenureProcessinLIS30TheTenureProcessinLIS:ASurveyofLIS/ISProgramDirectorsDr.SusanE.HigginsTheUniversityofSouthernMississippiSchoolofLibraryandInformationScience118CollegeDrive#5145Hattiesburg,MS39406-0001Tel:601.266.5354Fax:601.266.5774Susan.E.Higgins@us

2、m.eduDr.TeresaWelshTheUniversityofSouthernMississippiSchoolofLibraryandInformationScience118CollegeDrive#5145Hattiesburg,MS39406-0001TenureProcessinLIS30TheTenureProcessinLIS:ASurveyofLIS/ISProgramDirectorsSusanHigginsandTeresaWelshThissurveyaddressedthe

3、experienceofreceivingtenurethroughthepersonalnarrativesofDirectorsofLibraryandInformationScienceSchoolsintheUSA.Fifty-fiverespondentswereaskedtoranktheemphasisofthevariablesoperatingintenurebasedontheirexperience.Participantsagreedthatthegrantingofautono

4、myviatenurewasanopportunitytoexerciseacademicfreedom.Withtenurecametheresponsibilitytocontributeasacitizenofboththeinstitutionalanddisciplinarycommunitiesoftheprofession.ThemostprominentfactorindeterminingtenureandpromotiondecisionsforLISfacultyisdemonst

5、rationofresearchproductivitythroughpeerreviewedpublications:articles,booksandconferenceproceedings.Teachingandservicearealsoimportantcomponentsofacademiclife.Itwasfoundthatcollaborationunderpinnedcollegialityandcreatedanenvironmentconducivetoresearch.Int

6、urn,thestabilityandcollegialityofatenuredpositionmadetheinstitutionworkasateachingandlearningenvironment.BackgroundandReviewoftheLiteratureAcademictenureundergoespersistentcriticism.Themostpervasivecriticismofacademictenureisthatitprotectsfacultymembersw

7、hoarenolongercontributingtotheinstitutiononcetheinitialacknowledgementoftenurehasbeenmade.Thisallegationwasperhapsevidenttoundergraduatesfortyyearsago,becausethelegalpadsfromwhichtheirtenuredprofessorslectured(ofteninlarge,impersonallecturehalls)wereyell

8、owedandbrittlefromyearsofuse.HenryAllen(2000)wrotethatcriticsofhighereducationusetenure“asascapegoatforaplethoraofinstitutionalshortcomings”andthatinspiteofscapegoatstatus,tenureremains“thelynchpinofacademicfreedom”(p.95).