Casebook I Faculty Employment Policies

A Publication of the Harvard Institutes for Higher EducationCasebook I: Faculty Employment Policies presents six cases that were developed by the Project on Faculty Appointments at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and designed to be used in a variety of instructional settings in order to explore and analyze efforts to bring about institutional change. Each case study highlights a particular challenge regarding faculty employment and illustrates these challenges using situations from actual institutions of higher education. The cases provide a wealth of background information and are filled with real-life details. In addition, the cases are comprehensive in scope and reflect the complexity of administrative decision making as experienced by academic leaders.

James P. Honan is lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He served as educational program chair for the Project on Faculty Appointments at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Cheryl Sternman Rule served as research analyst for the Project on Faculty Appointments at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.