Do Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Matter?
研究美国高校中非终身教职教师比例上升是否影响本科生毕业率，基于面板数据发现对四年制大学有负面影响，尤其公立硕士院校。
Abstract During the last two decades, there has been a significant growth in the share of faculty members at American colleges and universities that are employed in part-time or full-time nontenure-track positions. Our study is the first to address whether the increased usage of such faculty adversely affects undergraduate students' graduation rates. Using institutional level panel data from the College Board and other sources, our econometric analyses suggest that the increased usage of these faculty types does adversely affect graduation rates at four-year colleges, with the largest impact on students being felt at the public master's level institutions.