The Impact of a Policy Designed to Promote Systemic Change Related to Promotion and Tenure Decisions in STEM Promotion and Tenure Decisions

Abstract

This research study focused on understanding changes that were taking place in Promotion and Tenure (P and T) practices in eight selected institutions of higher education in the state of Georgia and examined factors, if any, that were acting as a catalyst for change. The research team used both quantitative and qualitative analyses of the P and T dossier reviews. The study did broaden our understanding of important and complex issues in higher education. The results have implications for higher education faculty and administrators as they contemplate tenure and promotion decisions and policies, and complete future research studies.

Keywords

• culture and change
• institutional culture
• policy
• promotion and tenure
• stem faculty
• systemic change