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Stapp, Joy – American Psychologist, 1981
Examines full-time faculty in graduate departments of psychology in terms of tenure status, academic rank, and new appointments, and the relationships among these faculty characteristics. Presents data for various years and compares psychology faculty with science and engineering faculty. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Departments, Graduate School Faculty, Higher Education

Holcomb, Briavel; And Others – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1987
This article reports on the tenure review process faced by geographers at U.S. universities from the perspectives of successful and unsuccessful candidates, a department chair, and a member of a tenure review committee. (Author/BSR)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education
Heller, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
While faculty salaries rose more overall, there are continuing signs of salary compression, with lower-ranking faculty getting larger raises than higher-ranking faculty, and faculty continue to lose purchasing power. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Economic Change, Higher Education
von Zur-Muehlen, Max – 1977
A profile of university teachers in Canada is presented focusing on: previous employment status, citizenship status, and rank distribution. The profile, which is based on information collected on full-time university teachers from the over 100 university-level institutions in Canada, covers the period 1972-1973 through 1974-1975. Almost 60 percent…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Citizenship, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis

Academe, 1987
National data on college faculty salaries are presented by insitution type, faculty rank, sector, sex, region, and institution, and trends are analyzed. Real dollar adjustments, institutional rankings, tenure statistics, and data on fringe benefits and percentage salary increases are included. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration)