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What is the National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife?

The NCAW is a single resource that brings together:

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Developed at the University of Michigan, the 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.

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Here are some recent additions to the NCAW database:

report.gif Dual-career academic couples: What universities need to know
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. 2008.
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Subjects: Academic labor market, Dual-career couples, Faculty, Policy creation
online-article.gif Standing still: The associate professor survey
Modern Language Association.
http://www.mla.org/cswp_report09
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Subjects: Academic labor market, Gender (comparison), Mid career, Rank, Tenured faculty
online-article.gif Why do institutions of higher education reward research while selling education
Remler, Dahlia K.
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14974
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Subjects: Academic labor market, Business Models in Higher Education, Faculty research
journal-article.gif Joint Appointments and the Professoriate: Two Houses but No Home?
Hart, Jeni, Mars, Matthew M. Innovative Higher Education, 19-32, Apr 2009.
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Subjects: Faculty, Institutional policy, Professional development, Promotion, Tenure