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Riggs, Matt L.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1986
A study using discriminant analysis to correct bias in predicting faculty rank is reported. Findings concerning the relationship of prediction error and gender and suggestions for use of the results to study salary-bias problems are also discussed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education
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Near, Janet P.; Sorcinelli, Mary Deane – Research in Higher Education, 1986
The relationships between job satisfaction and aspects of life at work and away from work were studied in 112 faculty members. Unlike the general population, academics appeared to experience a high degree of spillover between work and life away from work. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Higher Education, Institutional Research
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Lease, Suzanne H. – Research in Higher Education, 1999
A study of occupational stress and personal-strain levels among new and experienced male and female college faculty found no differences in stress or strain between male and female faculty or between new and experienced faculty. Role overload and avoidant coping were significant predictors of strain, with hardiness and responsibility for…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Coping, Higher Education
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Singer, Ellen R. – Research in Higher Education, 1996
A study of 443 college faculty in English, biology, mathematics, and psychology in 163 institutions found gender, discipline, and some contextual variables to be the most significant predictors of faculty teaching paradigms. In addition, teaching paradigms were reflected in the frequencies of instructional behaviors reported by the faculty…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Biology, College Faculty, College Instruction
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Strenta, A. Christopher; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated causes of initial interest in and attrition from natural sciences and engineering among 5,320 students entering 4 highly selective institutions in 1988, with attention to probable causes of disproportionate attrition of women. Reasons for high attrition were based on cognitive variables or the perceived "chilly"…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Science, Decision Making, Engineering Education
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Perry, Raymond P.; Clifton, Rodney A.; Menec, Verena H.; Struthers, C. Ward; Menges, Robert J. – Research in Higher Education, 2000
A three-year longitudinal study surveyed newly hired faculty (n=259) at five higher education institutions concerning adjustment factors and research productivity. Results suggest that perceived control, the milieu of research-oriented institutions, and age (but not gender) are important predictors of faculty research productivity. (DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Faculty, Empowerment, Faculty College Relationship
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Santiago, Anna M.; Einarson, Marne K. – Research in Higher Education, 1998
A study of science and engineering graduate students found that at time of entry, women and U.S. minority graduate students had academic credentials and expectations similar to those of their Anglo male peers. Student perceptions of academic preparedness, status-related disadvantages, and expectations about student-faculty interactions were more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Engineering Education, Expectation
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Astin, Alexander W. – Research in Higher Education, 1997
National longitudinal retention data on 52,898 students at 65 colleges and universities were used to generate formulas for estimating any institution's expected retention rate based on its students' high school grades, admission test scores, and racial and gender composition. Separate formulas were computed for estimating degree completion rates…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Groups, Grades (Scholastic)