A survey of 14 major colleges assessed the size, composition, and function of the personnel office (e.g. ratio of central personnel employees to full-time faculty and staff). Data is presented with the conclusion that size varies within and between institutions, the variance being a function of service performed and procedures utilized. (JT)

Results of a survey of 14 public and private universities (e.g., Cornell, Harvard, Purdue, Temple) include data on size of the staffs of central personnel, records, central employment, personnel benefits, central salary administration and classification, and central employee relations relative to overall staff's union membership. (MSE)

Based on a labor market analysis and studies of prospective faculty retirement trends in the absence of mandatory retirement, two different considerations are seen as influencing academic staffing: an acceleration of faculty leaving the professions, and the refusal of ineffective faculty to retire. (MSE)