About the Project

PLEASE NOTE: THE PROJECT ON FACULTY APPOINTMENTS IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION. YOU MAY VISIT ITS SUCCESSOR, THE COLLABORATIVE ON ACADEMIC CAREERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION (COACHE), BY VISITING WWW.COACHE.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Pressures to reinvent academic careers, reformulate academic appointments and broaden the spectrum of employment arrangements are intense and steadfast.

The Project on Faculty Appointments will address these pressures by developing a national resource for academic policies and data on the operation of these policies; by undertaking policy-oriented research that illuminates pivotal areas of policy and practice; and by providing decision-makers with the necessary information to discuss, design, and implement policy changes mutually beneficial to faculties and institutions. Findings will be disseminated via electronic databases, working papers, case studies, and conference sessions.

In addition, several convenings will be organized to faciliate discussion on the topics of the project.  Among the groups to be brought together will be education writers, public officals and legislative staff and, at a capstone conference, all prior participants in project activities.