The U.S. Department of Education collects faculty salary data from all accredited postsecondary institutions. The early-release version of this data is the basis of this report. Data include only public and private not-for-profit degree-granting institutions (3,275 institutions). Only 9/10 month faculty members' salaries are reported unless…

Data from the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99) show that fewer than one-third of all faculty members were tenured in 1998-1999. Some observers anticipate a trend toward a two-tiered system with a shrinking number of tenured faculty members in one group and a mix of part-time and nontenured full-time faculty members in the other.…

The Texas Community College Teachers Association (TCCTA), formerly known as the Texas Junior College Teachers Association (TJCTA), publishes the TCCTA Messenger newsletter four times a year to cover events, legislation and TCCTA activities affecting Texas community colleges and their faculty. This document contains four newsletter issues…

This publication presents 14 graphs providing data from interviews with 800 part-time college faculty 396 union members and 404 non-members. Results for union members and non-members are reported separately in each graph. The graphs illustrate the following major findings: (1) over two-thirds of part-time faculty hold other jobs; (2) almost half…

Membership, finances, general fund budgets, collective bargaining, state conferences, the Equal Rights Amendment, public school science, salaries, censure, the Moynihan award, and the Reagan budget cuts were addressed at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The Reagan Administration's proposed budget…

Trends in faculty salaries in Texas are reported, along with some comparisons to national trends. Faculty salaries in Texas universities average 2.1% above 1985-1986 levels but are projected to lag 8.4% below the national average for 1986-1987. Texas' first four faculty ranks (professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and…

This research bulletin contains parts of two studies dealing with the persistent problem of developing effective teachers and stimulating effective teaching. The study reported in "Attitudes toward Merit Pay for Instructional Personnel" (John Weigman) was conducted to survey, analyze, and compare the attitudes of Florida public school…

The development of four core aspects of education in Jamaica are traced and comparison is made with development in Guyana, British Guiana, and Ghana. Teacher training, skill training, the foundations, and later development of secondary education and the management of education are examined. The articles in this collection discuss the impact of…

Published four times a year by the Texas Junior College Teachers Association (TJCTA), this newsletter discusses events affecting Texas Junior Colleges and their faculty, chronicles the efforts and activities of the TJCTA, and provides a forum for discourse on topics in community college education. Most of the September 1993 issue is devoted to an…

This research brief highlights data on faculty salaries in colleges and universities, outlines recent trends and their implications, and identifies major sources of data on the subject. Tables provide data on average faculty salaries for 1988-89 by academic rank and institution type (public, church, independent); by gender and academic rank; and…

Developments concerning women's education and employment, legislation and court cases that affect women, and the latest model programs and resources are presented in this newsletter issue. Contents include: an editorial on progress made toward educational equity for women since the enactment of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; five…

Results of a study of salary and compensation methodology utilized in academic collective bargaining agreements are presented. Attention was focused on 207 agreements in effect at 134 two-year colleges and 73 four-year colleges. Six structural components of salary were assessed: a payment method, salary structure, faculty typology, chairperson's…

President Reagan's promotion of merit pay as the main vehicle of educational change has prompted a sharp debate. This monograph presents arguments for and against merit pay and assesses its relative worth as a means of improving American education. First, merit pay is defined as a compensation system linking individual teachers' salaries to…

Analysis of a school district where merit pay has existed for 30 years and a more general review of other merit pay proposals led to the disclosure of eight critical issues to be considered before the actual implementation of merit pay programs. (MLF)

This report provides a national overview of patterns of tenure in higher education based on data from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93). This study included information on nearly 900,000 faculty members of whom 595,340 were full-time. All faculty appointments were included regardless of whether faculty members actually…