Martin J. Finkelstein is a professor of higher education at Seton Hall University. Valerie Martin Conley is the dean of the College of Education at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Jack H. Schuster is professor emeritus of education and public policy and a senior research fellow at Claremont Graduate University. Schuster and Finkelstein are the coauthors of The New Academic Generation: A Profession in Transformation and The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers.

• Contents PrefaceAcknowledgments Part I. Setting the Stage1. Establishing the Framework: The Emergence of a New Paradigm2. The American Faculty in Historical Perspective3. The Faculty in Profile Part II--Changing Trajectories of Academic Careers4. Changing Pathways to Career Entry5. Career Progression and Mobility6. Career Exit: Faculty Retirement Viewed Anew Part III--The Changing Complexion of Faculty Work and Professional Identity7. Faculty Work Under Pressure8. Academic Culture and Values in Transition9. Academic Compensation Trends In A New Era Part IV--American Academics in Global Perspectives10. The American Faculty in a Newly Globalized Higher Education Environment11. American Faculty in an International Perspective Part V--Prospects for the Academic Profession12. American Academic Life Restructured13. Where From Here? Interventions to Reinvigorate the Faculty Factor Afterword Appendixes A. Data Sources: An Overview and Status Report 00B. PhD Production and Distribution TrendsC. Race and Ethnicity Classifications: An UpdateD. Changing Academic Professions, 2007-08: MethodologyE. Appendix Tables Index

Scholars active in the study of higher education may find this book very informative not only for the plentiful information and data provided, but also for the authors’ in-depth analysis of the evolution of the place of faculty in academia and beyond.—Giulio Marini, Higher Education

Martin J. Finkelstein is a professor of higher education at Seton Hall University. Valerie Martin Conley is the dean of the College of Education at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Jack H. Schuster is professor emeritus of education and public policy and a senior research fellow at Claremont Graduate University. Schuster and Finkelstein are the coauthors of The New Academic Generation: A Profession in Transformation and The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers.

• Contents PrefaceAcknowledgments Part I. Setting the Stage1. Establishing the Framework: The Emergence of a New Paradigm2. The American Faculty in Historical Perspective3. The Faculty in Profile Part II--Changing Trajectories of Academic Careers4. Changing Pathways to Career Entry5. Career Progression and Mobility6. Career Exit: Faculty Retirement Viewed Anew Part III--The Changing Complexion of Faculty Work and Professional Identity7. Faculty Work Under Pressure8. Academic Culture and Values in Transition9. Academic Compensation Trends In A New Era Part IV--American Academics in Global Perspectives10. The American Faculty in a Newly Globalized Higher Education Environment11. American Faculty in an International Perspective Part V--Prospects for the Academic Profession12. American Academic Life Restructured13. Where From Here? Interventions to Reinvigorate the Faculty Factor Afterword Appendixes A. Data Sources: An Overview and Status Report 00B. PhD Production and Distribution TrendsC. Race and Ethnicity Classifications: An UpdateD. Changing Academic Professions, 2007-08: MethodologyE. Appendix Tables Index

Scholars active in the study of higher education may find this book very informative not only for the plentiful information and data provided, but also for the authors’ in-depth analysis of the evolution of the place of faculty in academia and beyond.—Giulio Marini, Higher Education

Martin J. Finkelstein is a professor of higher education at Seton Hall University. Valerie Martin Conley is the dean of the College of Education at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Jack H. Schuster is professor emeritus of education and public policy and a senior research fellow at Claremont Graduate University. Schuster and Finkelstein are the coauthors of The New Academic Generation: A Profession in Transformation and The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers.

• Contents PrefaceAcknowledgments Part I. Setting the Stage1. Establishing the Framework: The Emergence of a New Paradigm2. The American Faculty in Historical Perspective3. The Faculty in Profile Part II--Changing Trajectories of Academic Careers4. Changing Pathways to Career Entry5. Career Progression and Mobility6. Career Exit: Faculty Retirement Viewed Anew Part III--The Changing Complexion of Faculty Work and Professional Identity7. Faculty Work Under Pressure8. Academic Culture and Values in Transition9. Academic Compensation Trends In A New Era Part IV--American Academics in Global Perspectives10. The American Faculty in a Newly Globalized Higher Education Environment11. American Faculty in an International Perspective Part V--Prospects for the Academic Profession12. American Academic Life Restructured13. Where From Here? Interventions to Reinvigorate the Faculty Factor Afterword Appendixes A. Data Sources: An Overview and Status Report 00B. PhD Production and Distribution TrendsC. Race and Ethnicity Classifications: An UpdateD. Changing Academic Professions, 2007-08: MethodologyE. Appendix Tables Index

Scholars active in the study of higher education may find this book very informative not only for the plentiful information and data provided, but also for the authors’ in-depth analysis of the evolution of the place of faculty in academia and beyond.—Giulio Marini, Higher Education