Expanding enrollment in online programs has concurrently created a demand for qualified faculty to assume the increasing workload. As full-time faculty have been unable to fill the gap due to workload or resistance, organizations are more frequently turning to adjuncts to meet the needs of their online learners. As a result, there has been…

This report summarizes information from a faculty matrix which demonstrates the patterns of faculty employment at Nova Southeastern University (Florida). The University prepared a faculty matrix using data from different departments in 1997, and that report served as a basis for this report. In the fall term of 1999, Nova Southeastern University…

Even if convergences are to be observed among the orientations adopted by higher education policies in European countries, they still are characterized by strong national features. One of the most striking national patterns of each system is its academic labor market, salaries, status, recruitment procedures, workloads, career patterns, promotion…

Analysis of the state of academic careers in the United States looks at employment patterns and trends, retrenchment, enrollments trends, research funding, faculty workloads and pressures, tenure, academic freedom, and research funding. It is concluded that, although the future for faculty is not particularly bright, it is also not disastrous.…

Individuals who retire have widely varying needs and differ also in their preparedness for their new conditions.