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Peer reviewedPhilp, Norman E. – Higher Education Management, 1993
A model for allocation of college faculty teaching load is proposed. It requires that the department's overall teaching function be identified and broken into components and the components weighted. The model also permits the opportunity cost of decisions made on other criteria to be assessed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, Decision Making
Harris, Malcolm – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1993
A computerized system used in an Australian university school of education to allocate faculty teaching loads equitably and flexibly is described. It features reconciliation of workloads based on (1) course design and enrollment and (2) formulas relating to administration, research, and development responsibilities negotiated within the faculty.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty, Computer Oriented Programs
Peer reviewedWulf, Gary W. – CUPA Journal, 1988
A survey of colleges and universities gathered information on the ratio of noninstructional staff to faculty in various departments, ratio of staff to credit hours taught, and the mean number of clerical, technical, and administrative staff in each department. Questions for further study also emerged. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrators, Clerical Workers, College Administration, College Faculty
Peer reviewedGray, Peter J.; And Others – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1994
The current practice of assigning and assessing college faculty workloads is analyzed briefly, and issues involved in developing a new process consistent with a broadened definition of faculty work are discussed. The professional portfolio is suggested as a structure for assigning and assessing faculty responsibilities in a collaborative and…
Descriptors: College Administration, Departments, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBurgess, T. F. – Higher Education, 1996
Three faculty workload planning methods in United Kingdom universities are compared, focusing on workload planning principles, computerized decision support, institutional contexts, political dimensions, and management of change. One is based on contact hours; the second on actual hours; and the third on translating supervision, teaching,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty
Peer reviewedSwahn, Urban; Belfrage, Per – Higher Education Management, 1991
Important management issues occurring between Lund University (Sweden) and its two affiliated teaching hospitals are discussed, including personnel policy and planning; distribution of faculty workload; and allocation of research resources. Present policies are assessed and future developments based on a new national approach in Sweden are…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Faculty Workload, Foreign Countries
Download full textSnyder, Thomas P.; Galambos, Eva C. – 1988
Costs associated with colleges and universities are addressed in this two-part report. Part one, a 20-page overview, Snyder's "Recent Trends in Higher Education Finance, 1976-77 to 1985-86," reviews rising national trends in tuition, enrollment, degrees, expenditures, and expenditure per student. A wide diversity is noted among…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Peer reviewedBird, Graham – Studies in Higher Education, 1992
A number of common and essentially economic issues facing British universities are identified, and economic theory is applied to understanding and resolving them. They include demand for university education; foreign students; cost-effective operation; efficiency; optimum institutional size; academic and administrative staff utilization; school…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness
