The appointment will be for a term of two years, commencing on September 1, 1995. The Fellow will work with the research and teaching faculty and staff in developing the Lincoln Institute's role in land and land-related tax policy education for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Fellow will assume a key role in planning and conducting research, teaching, and writing about land markets, privatization, new spatial patterns of settlements and production, and associated tax and regulatory policies. The Lincoln Institute seeks candidates whose research on land issues in Latin America may produce lessons for North American local and state governments that are struggling with similar issues. As members of the Institute's community of scholars, Lincoln Fellows participate in a variety of seminars, roundtable programs, and informal exchanges at Lincoln House in Cambridge.
Fellows also review research and publication proposals and manuscripts in their areas of expertise.
Compensation for Lincoln Fellows is consistent with U. S. academic salaries. Fellows are employees of the Institute, follow Institute personnel policies and procedures, and receive the Institute's employee benefits. Fellows have access to research and clerical assistance, travel funds, and special libraries at neighboring universities. It is the policy of the Lincoln Institute to recruit, hire, train, and promote all employees on the basis of individual merit and ability and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, or handicap. Personnel procedures and practices with respect to compensation, benefits, training, promotion, transfer, layoffs, or termination have been and will continue to be administered with due regard to job performance, experience, and qualifications, but without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, or handicap.