In response to an anticipated decrease in the number of associate dean positions at Wisconsin's Milwaukee Area Technical College, a model was developed to quantify the workload associated with the administration of an academic division. First, factors affecting the instructional division workload were identified, including the numbers of full- and…

Surveys of Australian college faculty, conducted in 1977 and 1993, provide data for tracing trends in workload. While time devoted to teaching and research have remained stable, changes at the margins of academic workload are considerable. These tasks are largely generated by demands of institutional competition, accountability, and quality…

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,…