The development of an oath for business managers, similar to the Hippocratic Oath, has inspired meditation upon similar oaths for academics and university managers. Such oaths are concerned with formulating and asserting the professionalism of the groups that might take them. This paper argues that, while a legitimate heuristic to help university…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the extent to which deans holding office in 1983 in American Library Association (ALA) accredited graduate library education programs fulfilled the expectations of academia and the ALA "Standards'" requirement with respect to sustained productive scholarship and evidence of aptitude for research through…

Salary data for 1980-81 for faculty and deans of all colleges of pharmacy with accredited programs are presented. Statistics for faculty remunerated on calendar (11 or 12 month appointments) and academic (9 or 10 month appointments) year basis are presented separately. In addition to summary tables for the ranks of professor, associate professor,…

Salary information for faculty and deans of accredited colleges of pharmacy is presented in this annual survey prepared by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Data are based on responses collected for the academic year 1979-1980. Salary data for faculty remunerated on calendar (11- or 12-month appointments) and academic (9- or…

Salary information for faculty and deans of accredited colleges of pharmacy is presented in this annual survey prepared by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Data are based on responses collected for the academic year 1977-1978. Salary data for faculty remunerated on the calendar (11- or 12-month appointments) and the academic (9-…

Two models of management education are examined: the academic model, which treats the field of business as a science; and the professional model, which is responsive to the perceived needs of the business community. A study investigated the models' validity within the context of existing programs by 268 surveying program deans about their beliefs…

Data on 1981-1982 salaries of 240 chief administrative officers in baccalaureate and higher degree programs in nursing that are associated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing are presented. All salaries were converted to a calendar year basis for analysis, and where there are a sufficient number of deans in a group, data are…

Salary information for faculty and deans of accredited colleges of pharmacy is presented in this annual survey prepared by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Data are based on responses collected for the academic year 1978-1979. Salary data for faculty remunerated on the calendar (10 or 12 month appointment) and the academic (9 or…

Evolution of the relationship between academic and administrative functions in Swedish universities is traced over 30 years. Attention is given to a shift toward administrative power during a period of university democratization, and partial restoration of academic leadership in the 1990s. Two distinct patterns of administrative structure are…

On July 8, 1916, the Commissioner of Education was requested by the governor of Nevada to undertake the direction of a survey of the University of Nevada and to report the findings to the educational survey commission created by the 1915 legislature of the State. During the months of August and September, 1916, the committee prepared elaborate…

This examination of the current status of compensation for community college management and administrative personnel first summarizes the findings of a study conducted by Howard R. Bowen, which determined that, compared to business executives in comparable jobs within organizations of similar sizes, academic administrators were indeed underpaid.…