Growth in Positions Off the Tenure Track Is a Trend That's Here to Stay, Study FindsDistribution of Full-Time Faculty MembersHow 88 Institutions Expect the Faculty Ranks to Change

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

Administrators see flexibility and savings -- despite complaints from faculty members

For anyone who hoped that academe's growing use of non-tenure-track, full-time professors

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