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Teaching-only positions of course are the norm in teaching-focused institutions, where all academics receive permanence and are promoted based on the evaluation of teaching and teaching-related activities. Full-time teaching-only positions are also becoming more common at research-focused institutions where, in most institutions, there is also a possibility of permanent status. Despite recent statistics showing the growing number of teaching-only positions at research-focused universities internationally, there is scant research about the experiences of individuals in these types of positions.
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These teaching-only positions in Canada only had the potential for permanence not tenure.
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Our interpretation is that the authors refer to nontenure track as positions with little or no responsibility for research, but they do not explicitly say so.
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The limited literature on part-time teaching-only positions appears to be situated in North America.
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McAlpine, L., Amundsen, C. (2018). Chapter 6: Choosing to Invest in a Teaching-Only Position. In: Identity-Trajectories of Early Career Researchers. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95287-8_7
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