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Georgia State University: Tackling Salary Inequity, Post-Tenure Review, and Part-Time Employment
CASEBOOK I: Faculty Employment Policies, Harvard Institutes of Higher Education, 2002. Author: Cheryl Sternman Rule
The media brims with stories about various evils plaguing higher education. From the high cost of tuition to deadwood senior faculty, from overpaid presidents to overworked junior faculty, from squabbling administrators to governance gridlock, it might appear that academe suffers from chronic disorganization and ineffective policy making. Enter the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University, which offers a sunny reprieve. There, amid the peach trees and Atlanta skyline, a visionary dean has spent the past eight years tackling head-on some of the most contentious issues in faculty work life: salary inequity, post-tenure review, and explosion in part-time instructors to name but a few. And while no approach is flawless, Dean Ahmed Abdelal and his colleagues offer a model of policymaking that not only works but works well. But does Georgia State University's approach to change and innovative work equally well for everyone? And this approach on that can be successfully replicated elsewhere? more
Georgia State University: Case Update
Teaching Notes to CASEBOOK I: Faculty Employment Policies, Harvard Institutes of Higher Education, 2002. Authors: James P. Honan and Cheryl Sternman Rule
The Georgia State University (GSU) case can provide important insights into how innovations in faculty employment and work life can be developed and implemented. The case examines an integrated set of policy changes regarding faculty salaries, faculty workload, and post-tenure review at a public university. In addition, the case also describes an initiative to convert part time faculty positions to full-time positions.
This teaching note is designed to support the instructor using this case. The questions, discussion points, and exercises provided here represent a possible approach to teaching the GSU case. As the instructor gains familiarity with this particular case, he or she will likely adapt the outline according to audience and experience. more
Integrating Accountability Systems and Reward Structures
Workload Policy, Post-Tenure Evaluations and Salary Compensation
Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, Spring 1997
Authors: Ahmed Abdelal, David C. Blumenthal, Timothy J. Crimmins and Paula L. Dresser
This article discusses three policy initiatives that the faculty and administration in the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University cooperatively developed: a workload policy, a system for post- tenure evaluation and a merit equity salary initiative. Each policy has connections to and ramifications for the others, and our experience has shown that considerable benefits flow from an integrated approach to these issues. The article covers the development and implementation of the policies and provides examples of problems we averted and benefits we derived by integrating the three initiatives. It also points out the usefulness of a collegial approach to policy development, which requires broad faculty participation, and an emphasis on incentives rather than disincentives for achieving objectives. more
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