Full-time women faculty off the tenure track: Profile and practice

Women are overrepresented in the growing number and proportion of full-time non-tenure-track faculty. Data from NSOPF-93, institutional surveys, and i nterviews show these women clustered in the lowest faculty ranks and in tra ditionally female disciplines. They carry heavier teaching loads than their male colleagues, are paid less, and have fewer opportunities for advanceme nt. Full-time non-tenure-track women with a doctorate are the least satisfi ed of all faculty. These findings suggest substantive institutional changes in politics and practices dealing with non-tenure-track faculty.