id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15794 Bolger, Dorita F.; Smith, Erin T. Faculty Status and Rank at Liberal Arts Colleges: An Investigation into the Correlation among Faculty Status, Professional Rights and Responsibilities, and Overall Institutional Quality 2006-05-01 13 .pdf application/pdf 8083 348 62 Based on the responses of the 125 colleges that participated in the survey, the higher the tier in which an institution is ranked in the U.S. News & World Report annual report on America’s colleges, the less likely that librarians will have faculty status or rank, the less likely they will be required to undergo a formal review process, the less likely they will have access to research funds, and the less likely they will be eligible to serve on campuswide faculty committees. great deal has been wri en about the personnel status of academic librarians, ranging from large-scale quantitative surveys designed to ascertain current practices to rhetorical arguments both for and against the increased demands and benefits that accompany faculty status. cache/crl-15794.pdf txt/crl-15794.txt