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Curtis, John W.; Thornton, Saranna – Academe, 2013
This article presents the annual report on the economic status of the profession. This year's report covers three main issues--all perennial problems, but with new analysis based on the latest data--in addition to summarizing the current results from the annual American Association of University Professors (AAUP) survey of full-time faculty…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Level, Economic Status, Annual Reports
Thornton, Saranna; Curtis, John W. – Academe, 2012
This article presents the annual report on the economic status of the profession. Although the results of this year's survey of full-time faculty compensation are marginally better than they have been the last two years, 2011-12 represents the continuation of a historic low period for faculty salaries. The overall average salary for full-time…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Private Sector, Economic Status, Public Colleges
Academe, 2011
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Great Recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. With a duration of eighteen months, this recession was almost double the length of the average post-World War II economic downturn. Although the worst recession since the Great Depression is now technically over, this analysis…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Economic Climate, Economic Status, Economic Impact

Solomon, Eric – Journal of Dental Education, 1983
Forty-five percent of dental school faculty are employed full-time. Percentages of full-time faculty are highest in small schools, lowest in large schools. The percentage of faculty in each primary appointment area (clinical, basic, and behavioral sciences) varies with school size. Smaller schools have more faculty at professor and associate…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Dental Schools, Full Time Faculty, Higher Education

Mayer, Tyrone; Gardener, Clark E. – Rural Educator, 1996
A survey of K-8 school districts in northwest Nebraska examined whether part-time principals mandated by Nebraska legislation were improving the school's instructional setting, as perceived by the school board president. The 41 responses of school board presidents rated importance and existence of 9 factors of the principal's role. Includes…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Education, Part Time Faculty

Pollack, June Salz – Academe, 1986
A growing bulge in the age distribution of California State University faculty and its potential effects on the status and distribution of full-time, part-time, tenured, and probationary appointments in the institution are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Demography, Departments
Mooney, Carolyn J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
A survey of 8,383 full- and part-time faculty was conducted by the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics. Attitudes about work, workload, allocation of workload and earned income were examined. The new information, combined with the Carnegie survey, suggests an improvement in the conditions of the faculty. (MLW)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Faculty, Faculty Workload, Full Time Faculty

van Steijn, Frans – European Journal of Education, 1985
The Dutch "extraordinary professor," who has an occupation outside the university from which he gains his value as an academic, has recently become an element in national science policy and seen as a means for intensifying the relationship between the university and industry. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Guthrie-Morse, Barbara – Community College Frontiers, 1979
Analyzes the changes in the ratio of part-time to full-time faculty in the community colleges from 1972-73 to 1976-77. Includes a literature review, tables illustrating regional ratios, and a discussion of the implications of the change from part-time faculty comprising 40 percent of instructional staff in 1972-73 to 56 percent in 1976-77. (DD)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Enrollment Trends

Pait, Carol; Solomon, Eric – Journal of Dental Education, 1981
A statistical outline is given of female dental school faculty in 1970-71, 1973-74, and 1979-80, broken down by primary teaching area, type of appointment (full- or part-time), earned degree, and academic rank. The trend is toward increased female faculty with dental degrees, especially in clinical departments and at lower ranks. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Degrees (Academic), Dental Schools, Educational Attainment
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1994
A national survey of 25,780 college faculty and 872 institutions investigated patterns in race, part- and full-time employment, disciplines, academic rank, and institution type. Overall, only one-third work part time, with the highest proportion in community colleges. Data are presented, by racial group and gender, for each of these variables.…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age Differences, College Faculty, Employment Patterns
Fields, Cheryl D. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1998
Data from federal surveys on the distribution of Black and Hispanic faculty in research universities are presented, with some narration. Tables indicate the number and percentage of tenured, tenure-track, and combined faculty in each group at each research/doctoral institution for fall 1995, average salaries, and distribution of teaching,…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, College Faculty, Faculty Workload, Full Time Faculty
Record: Maryland State Board for Higher Education, 1985
The status of higher education in Maryland in 1975 and 1985 is compared, with attention to enrollments, student qualifications, programs, faculty, funding, quality, accountability, and the role of higher education in society. Data on opening fall 1984 enrollments and changes from 1983 are provided for Maryland community colleges, state colleges…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Entrance Examinations, College Faculty, College Students

Russell, Susan H. – CUPA Journal, 1991
A survey of 11,013 full- and part-time faculty in 450 colleges and universities is reported. Differences between men and women and between minorities and nonminorities are examined in institution type and program area, highest degree held, academic rank and tenure status, age, employment experience, work characteristics, compensation, and job…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age, College Faculty, Ethnic Groups