The Mythologies of Faculty Productivity: Implications for Institutional Policy and Decision Making

A principal belief embedded in promotion and tenure and in annual review decisions is that faculty members should and can be simultaneously productive in teaching and research. This article uses national survey data to estimate by discipline and type of institution the percentage of the faculty who meet this standard.

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