The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on society, the economy and on the entire education sector. Teachers' workload, well-being, recruitment and retention have been affected by the national crisis. The aim of the National Foundation for Educational Research's (NFER's) annual series of Teacher Labour Market reports is to monitor the…

The 1988 National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty surveyed 7,408 full- and part-time regular faculty, department chairpersons, and institutional representatives of 480 nonproprietary accredited U.S. institutions of higher education granting a two-year or higher degree. The survey, conducted between December 1987 and October 1988, examined…

This data book presents statistical data relating fall weekly student contact hours (WSCH) per full-time equivalent faculty (FTEF), from 1993-1997, by discipline, for each of the Los Angeles Community College District's nine colleges. Introductory comments indicate that between 1981 and 1997, faculty engaged in instruction declined from over 2,700…

In fall 1994, the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN) undertook a survey of the total workload of all full-time instructional faculty employed during the semester. In the survey, faculty were asked to report the average amount of time per week they devoted to teaching, research, and service activities. Survey findings, based…

This study presents information on instructional staffing in the Los Angeles Community College District in a format that facilitates the development of staffing standards appropriate to specific disciplines or program areas. This year's study compares Fall 1996 staffing levels in three different ways: (1) data on Full-Time Equivalent Faculty…

This report describes the findings of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research's 1999 national survey, in its series looking at the impact of educational reform on primary and intermediate schools. In 1989 reforms were enacted that abolished the Department of Education and began elections for boards of trustees who took responsibility for…

Significant contractual provisions in negotiating faculty workload were identified, using data on over 300 faculty contracts, 273 of which were in force on January 1, 1980. Individual campuses covered by these agreements numbered over 650. The following contractual workload provisions were assessed: workload credit hour teaching, load, overload…