What is the National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife?

Developed at the University of Michigan, the NCAW is a single resource that brings together:
- Articles
- Research & policy reports
- Policies
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Demographics
- Additional websites
- Narratives on institutional policy change
Use the SEARCH box on the left to find resources.
Today, college and university faculty members face many challenges, including an increasingly diverse workforce and new models for career flexibility. The National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife (NCAW) provides resources to help faculty, graduate students, administrators and higher education researchers understand more about all aspects of modern academic work and related career issues, including tenure track and non tenure track appointments, benefits, climate and satisfaction, work/life balance, and policy development.
Features
Here are some recent additions to the NCAW database:
| Faculty salaries at California public universities, 2007-08. California Postsecondary Education Commission. 2007-07-15. http://www.cpec.ca.gov/completereports/2 007reports/07-15.pdf | |
| Local Cosmopolitans and Cosmopolitan Locals: New Models of Professionals in the Academy Rhoades, Gary, Kiyama, Judy Marquez, McCormick, Rudy, Quiroz, Marisol. Review of Higher Education, 209-235, Winter 2008. | |
| Controversial Issues in the Recruitment and Retention of Latino/a Faculty Delgado-Romero, Edward A., Manlove, Angela Nichols, Manlove, Joshua, Hernandez, Carlos. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 34-51, 2007. | |
| Connecting Non Full-time Faculty to Institutional Mission: A Guidebook for College/University Administrators and Faculty Developers Baron-Nixon, Leora. December 2007. | |
| Academia Adds an On-Ramp to Its Off-Ramp Thomas, Charlotte. SWE: Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers, 27-30, Spring, 2008. |





