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Download full textEducation Commission of the States, 2020
The 50-State Comparison on teacher employment contract policies provides a national comparison of teacher employment contract policies in all states. All of the information was gathered from and focused on state statutes and regulations. State case law was also utilized for metrics related to collective bargaining. Data collection focused…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Contracts, Personnel Policy
Education Commission of the States, 2020
The 50-State Comparison on teacher employment contract policies provides a national comparison of teacher employment contract policies in all states. All of the information was gathered from and focused on state statutes and regulations. State case law was also utilized for metrics related to collective bargaining. Data collection focused…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Contracts, Personnel Policy
Education Commission of the States, 2020
The 50-State Comparison on teacher employment contract policies provides a national comparison of teacher employment contract policies in all states. All of the information was gathered from and focused on state statutes and regulations. State case law was also utilized for metrics related to collective bargaining. Data collection focused…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Contracts, Personnel Policy
Gross, Betheny; DeArmond, Michael; Goldhaber, Dan – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2010
Education reformers routinely call on school districts to stop hiring teachers based on seniority, which they argue interferes with effective staffing, especially in disadvantaged schools. The few researchers who have empirically studied the issue, however, disagree about whether seniority-based hiring is systematically associated with staffing…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Persistence, Personnel Selection
Peer reviewedChange, 1981
Results of an American Council on Education survey on tenure practices are reported, including tables of tenure approval rates, tenure status (tenures, tenure track, and nontenure track) and tenure approval by type of institution. Data are divided by general academic field. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Colleges, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPollack, 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
Peer reviewedMessmer, Patricia R. – Journal of Professional Nursing, 1989
A national survey of baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs concerning tenure policy and practices provides information about institutional tenure criteria and predictors of tenure award. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Workload
College and Univ. Personnel Association, Washington, DC. – 1984
Data on salaries and a broad range of benefits provided to college chief executive officers (CEOs) were obtained through the 1984 Compensation and Benefits Survey of College and University Chief Executive Officers. The results will allow governing boards to compare: types and levels of compensation in their institutions with those in similar…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Administrators
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1980
A survey of colleges and universities yielded information about current tenure practices; distribution of faculty in selected fields; how the tenure selection system worked as measured by approval rates, deferred decisions, and early releases of tenure-track faculty; and what changes were anticipated in the practices in the next five years. Among…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Full Time Faculty, Higher Education
Russell, Susan H.; And Others – 1990
This report, based on a survey of 480 academic officers in accredited nonproprietary institutions of higher education, focuses on institutional policies concerning tenure systems, hiring practices, and employee benefits. Survey results are broken down by the following categories: 4-year public, 4-year private, 2-year public, and other (2-year…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty, Employment Practices
Peer reviewedNelson, T. M.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1983
Ratings of scholarly journals by department heads in seven disciplines (anthropology, economics, geography, history, philosophy, political science, sociology) are presented by journal title, and criteria and methods for assessing journal quality and visibility are examined. Possible use of such information in institutional personnel decisions is…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Anthropology, Classification, Department Heads
Peer reviewedSeldin, Peter – Change, 1984
A national survey of liberal arts colleges' institutional policies and practices in evaluating faculty performance and classroom teaching, focusing on the changes in evaluation since 1978, is reported. Factors considered, their frequency of use, and sources of information for evaluation are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Decision Making, Employment Practices, Evaluation Criteria
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Human Resources. – 1979
The status of women scientists in academic institutions is examined as well as women's current situation in postdoctoral training and their role on national science advisory boards. Obstacles that women must overcome to become professional scientists are discussed in Chapter I, focusing on cultural and structural factors. Characteristics,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Ladders, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees
