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National Trends for Faculty Composition Over Time

National Trends for Faculty Composition Over Time

The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success

This report is a review of changes in the number and proportions of non-tenure-track faculty as a segment of the professoriate over the past 40 years, including differences by sector and discipline.

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