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Nontenure-track Faculty Association, IEA-NEA Self-study Survey
BACKGROUND
Last spring the State Legislature directed the Illinois Board of
Higher Education to study nontenure-track faculty at public
universities and colleges across the state. This study was sparked
by HB 1720, a bill aimed at providing more part-time faculty with
access to collective bargaining. HB 1720 passed the House and is
now in the State Senate.
THE PROBLEM
The Illinois Board of Higher Education has not made available
campus-by-campus data, so we do not know how many ISU faculty, both
nontenure-track and tenured/tenure-track, were asked for their
input. Unfortunately, nontenure-track faculty at ISU have never been
studied, as have the tenured/tenure-track faculty, Academic
Personnel (APs), and Civil Service employees -- that is, everyone
else.
OUR SOLUTION
As a result, the ISU-NTTFA decided to conduct its own self-study
through questionnaires sent to all nontenure-track faculty.
Respondents can remain anonymous by removing the mailing label. All
identifiying information is confidential. In contrast, the IBHE
report used random telephone and Internet surveys, which had a
chilling effect on participation.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Preliminary results suggest that our self-study does not
corroborate the IBHE's data. ISU nontenure-track faculty actively
sought to participate in the IBHE report process. An ISU-NTTFA
representative testified in person at an IBHE hearing in
Springfield. Several NTTs sent in written testimony to the IBHE
committee. The ISU-NTTFA recently asked the IBHE to reject the
report, but the Board unanimously voted to accept it.
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