Research reports on faculty salaries and their relation to undergraduate teaching at the State University of New York, Albany. The results show a neglect of undergraduate education and an inordinate burden being placed on junior members of the faculty. (Author/PG)

Suggestions for the young professor are offered--from teaching to socializing to publishing, from classroom performance to locker-room politics, and from proper dress to how to get the most out of a conference. (Author/LBH)

Institutions should make decisions of academic merit on the basis of academic achievement and decisions of employment on the grounds of economic sensibility. A person could "get tenure," but be denied employment for economic reasons. The formalization of a status passage would permit a sensible treatment of talented academic aspirants. (MLW)

Professionalism has grown into elitism, often using cultural conformity as its yardstick rather than pure scholarship or skill. (Editor)

A study to clarify the differences between money income and real income for scholars is discussed. A monetary value is placed on the discretionary time that accrues to faculty. The study reveals that an academic career offers more freedom, dignity, autonomy, and real income than employment outside the university. (MLW)

To obtain a profile of administrative moves in higher education, data were collected from the "Gazette" section of "The Chronicle of Higher Education" from September 1982, through June 1983. Trends of movement into and within higher education administration are discussed. (MLW)

Women pursuing scientific careers in higher education institutions confront discouraging patterns of training and unfair employment practices. Numerous studies and evaluations are outlined including: the U.S. Senate's Women in Science and Technology Equal Opportunity Bill, a study by the Evaluation and Training Institute of Los Angeles, and a…

Results of a national survey by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on the role and status of women faculty on college campuses are reported. Data, presented in graphic form with narrative analysis, concern women's salary, rank, job security, and teaching loads relative to those of men faculty, and their contributions to the…

National college faculty data from 1972, 1980, and 1989 were analyzed for patterns of employment of minority group members and women. Trends in hiring, employment status, faculty gender, participation by institution type, and academic rank are charted and discussed. Faculty views on cultural diversity are also examined, including changes over…