While scholars have investigated the recent influx of non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF), few have talked extensively with NTTF to understand their perspectives. Using Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory, we present focus group findings about job satisfaction of NTTF at 12 research universities. We highlight policies supporting teaching, job…

A study investigated 454 internal promotions among the administrative and professional staff in a large public research university over a three-year period. Analysis indicated that despite controls for education, experience, age, and prior position, women received significantly less return to their administrative positions than men. (Author/MSE)

The consequences of the hiring and promotion activities of colleges and universities on the mobility of women and men administrators during the 1970s were examined. The ways in which position changes for women and men vary both by movement within and between institutions and by administrative specialty area are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Using survey data from past participants, an evaluation of the American Council on Education Fellows Program is presented. The study describes the characteristics of the Fellows, tracks their career paths, and summarizes Fellows' and Mentors' assessment of the learning accomplished through the program and its impact on their careers. (Author/MLW)

A study is discussed that found that direct quotations from students ratings of teachers were more persuasive than statistical summaries of the ratings in evaluations of teaching ability for promotion decisions. (Author/MLW)

Findings of a study show that relative salary increases for faculty and administrators were quite similar since the early 1970s. The small salary advantage for administrators appears to be attributable to gains in those positions whose work most clearly parallels work done in the private sector. (MLW)

A study explored the relative importance of three explanations for gender stratification in college administrative employment by modeling their separate and cumulative effects on increase in status, responsibility, and salary achieved with promotion. Findings indicate gender has a substantial negative impact on women's attainment, and the impact…

It is believed that the courts have intruded on the prerogatives of academics to use peer evaluations in personnel decisions. An analysis of academic discrimination cases in the federal courts demonstrates that judicial review is deferential to peer judgments and appears to have little impact on colleges' faculty personnel policies. (Author/MLW)

A study was conducted to examine undergraduate external degree programs and to assess their value in terms of job advancement and preparation for further education for approximately 1500 selected pre-September, 1975, graduates from 21 institutions with external degree programs. The relevance of such programs for adult education is discussed.…