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Peer reviewedKarpen, Ulrich – Higher Education Management, 1993
Based on a survey, college/university faculty salaries, working conditions, workload, and salaries in 10 countries (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, United States, Australia, Japan) are compared and barriers to occupational and geographic mobility are identified. Suggestions are made for fostering academic…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Mobility, Faculty Workload
Peer reviewedBurke, Dolores L. – Academe, 1995
Areas of change and nonchange in college faculty employment since the 1950s are examined, particularly as they affect faculty mobility. External factors (prestige, labor market, public opinion) and internal factors (the department structure, institutional policy, and changes within disciplines) are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Employment Patterns, Faculty Mobility
Download full textGonzalez, Patricia A. – 1995
This bibliography identifies 66 publications on causes and cures of teacher attrition, with a focus on special educators. The materials cover the period 1980-1995 and cover topics such as: teacher retention in urban schools, the condition of education in rural schools, burnout among special education teachers, predictors of retention and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Labor Turnover
Mueller, James – 1980
This resource presents the functional effects of chronic disabilities in order to aid those persons who must plan environments usable by persons with disabilities. The guide does not concern architectural accessibility per se, but rather discusses designing the worksite to be usable by a disabled person. In the guide, drawings are provided for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Design Requirements
Matthes, William A.; Carlson, Robert V. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1986
Questionnaire responses were used to study 99 first-year teachers and their reasons for accepting present positions. Teachers in rural, suburban, and urban districts differed significantly on reasons for accepting their positions but agreed on financial rewards and degree of support as reasons for considering teaching positions in other districts.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Job Satisfaction
Fitzgerald, Louise F. – 1985
An enormous body of literature illuminates various facets of the relationship between education and employment. Views of the proper role of education have ranged from cultural transmission to societal transformation and individual development, to the current belief that it prepares for transition to adulthood, i.e., the movement from school to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Employment, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
