No New Friends: The Desolate Realm of Higher Education/Student Affairs Pre-Tenure Faculty

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Writing in the first volume of the year of The Journal of Higher Education Politics & Economics, higher education professors Pietro A. Sasso (Delaware State University), L. J. Shelton (University of Arkansas), and G. Blue Brazleton (Northern Arizona University) share what the landscape looks like for a dozen pre-tenure higher education and student affairs faculty members from as many different campuses. Their findings bring into focus a combination of professional and personal challenges, some unique to gender and ethnicity, that touched on structural barriers, power dynamics, and quality of life.

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  • Steve Chaplin

    Steve Chaplin is managing editor of ACUI’s The Bulletin and manager of the ACUI College Union and Student Activities (CUSA) Evaluation Program. A former newspaper writer, editor, and manager, he has volunteered as a student mentor as a member of the National Association of Science Writers, and received awards for his writing and reporting from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the Kentucky Education Association, and the Kentucky Press Association.

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