{"id":58,"date":"2010-03-02T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T14:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2010-04-06T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T20:36:09","slug":"background-and-charge-of-the-task-force","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/task-force-report\/background-and-charge-of-the-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"1. Background and Charge of the Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-937\" src=\"\/ntt\/files\/2010\/03\/05-2420A-32_send.jpg\" alt=\"05-2420A-32_send\" width=\"644\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/files\/2010\/03\/05-2420A-32_send.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/files\/2010\/03\/05-2420A-32_send-636x246.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>University Provost David Campbell appointed the Task Force for Non-Tenure-Track (NTT)\/Contract Faculty in June 2008 with the charge to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Examine issues and concerns relating to non-tenure-track faculty on BU\u2019s Charles River Campus (CRC)<\/li>\n<li> Study current policies and practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and help formulate changes that will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Reinforce and enhance the stature and productivity of NTT faculty<\/li>\n<li> Ensure that they have clear career paths<\/li>\n<li> Help them receive appropriate recognition, support, and compensation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Boston University Schools and Colleges\u2014Abbreviations<\/h3>\n<p><strong>CAS <\/strong>College of Arts &amp; Sciences<strong><br \/>\nCOM<\/strong> College of Communication<strong><br \/>\nENG <\/strong>College of Engineering<strong><br \/>\nCFA <\/strong>College of Fine Arts<strong><br \/>\nCGS<\/strong> College of General Studies<strong><br \/>\nSAR <\/strong>College of Health &amp; Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College<strong><br \/>\nSDM<\/strong> Goldman School of Dental Medicine<strong><br \/>\nGRS <\/strong>Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences<strong><br \/>\nMET <\/strong>Metropolitan College<br \/>\n<strong>SED<\/strong> School of Education<br \/>\n<strong>SHA <\/strong>School of Hospitality Administration<br \/>\n<strong>LAW<\/strong> School of Law<br \/>\n<strong>SMG <\/strong>School of Management<br \/>\n<strong>MED<\/strong> School of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>SPH <\/strong>School of Public Health<br \/>\n<strong>SSW <\/strong>School of Social Work<br \/>\n<strong>STH<\/strong> School of Theology<br \/>\n<strong>UHC <\/strong>University Honors College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Provost David Campbell appointed the Task Force for Non-Tenure-Track (NTT)\/Contract Faculty in June 2008 with the charge to: Examine issues and concerns relating to non-tenure-track faculty on BU\u2019s Charles River Campus (CRC) Study current policies and practices and help formulate changes that will: Reinforce and enhance the stature and productivity of NTT faculty Ensure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1863,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1863"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/211"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ntt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}