Establishing the framework : the emergence of a new paradigm

The American faculty in historical perspective : the importance of context

The faculty in profile

Changing pathways to career entry

Career progression and mobility

Academic career exit : faculty retirement viewed anew

Faculty work under pressure

Academic culture and values in transition

Academic compensation trends in a new era

The American faculty in a newly globalized higher education environment

American faculty in an international perspective

American academic life restructured

Where from here? : interventions to reinvigorate the faculty factor

Afterword.