Messmer P R
J Prof Nurs. 1989 Jan-Feb;5(1):39-48. doi: 10.1016/s8755-7223(89)80034-1.
The purpose of this research study was to examine factors involved in tenure decisions in schools of nursing. Of 139 deans of nursing surveyed, from schools having both National League for Nursing (NLN) accredited BSN and graduate programs, 135 provided a profile of tenure practices; however, 133 schools were used in the data analysis because two of the programs did not offer tenure. The majority of deans selected academic activities related to teaching performance as more important than research and service activities for tenure decisions. When deans were asked to rank the three broad areas of tenure criteria, 60 deans (55 per cent) ranked teaching as most important, as compared with 49 deans (45 per cent) who ranked research most important. Service was ranked least important by 98 deans (89 per cent). However, deans from the 41 doctoral programs ranked research more important than teaching, but still ranked service the least important. In examining faculty performance of those who were reviewed for tenure in the past 3 years, faculty members who were viewed by deans as providing a high standard of teaching, research, and service were more likely to have been awarded tenure. Quality of teaching, quality of research, and quality of service, in rank order of predictive power, were found to be predictors for attainment of tenure.
本研究的目的是考察护理学院终身教职决定所涉及的因素。在接受调查的139位护理学院院长中，这些学院既有美国国家护理联盟（NLN）认证的护理学学士项目，也有研究生项目，135位院长提供了终身教职实践的概况；然而，数据分析中使用了133所学校，因为其中两个项目不提供终身教职。大多数院长认为，在终身教职决定方面，与教学表现相关的学术活动比研究和服务活动更重要。当院长们被要求对终身教职标准的三个主要领域进行排序时，60位院长（55%）将教学列为最重要，相比之下，49位院长（45%）将研究列为最重要。98位院长（89%）将服务列为最不重要。然而，41个博士项目的院长认为研究比教学更重要，但仍将服务列为最不重要。在考察过去3年接受终身教职评审的教师表现时，院长们认为在教学、研究和服务方面达到高标准的教师更有可能获得终身教职。按预测能力的排序，教学质量、研究质量和服务质量被发现是获得终身教职的预测因素。
