The University of California at Davis's (UC) Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) was used as a case study for purposes of examining how one Land Grant Institution responded to charges that its research had not followed the mandate of the Hatch Act of 1887. Focusing on "rural, noncommercial" research, data were analyzed for fiscal years…

This document is the third status report concerning the desegregation of higher education in Arkansas. It is narrative in nature and contains a summary of desegregation activities from each Arkansas institution of higher education. Chapter one summarizes those desegregation activities initiated and/or coordinated by the Arkansas Department of…

The main section of this directory is an alphabetical listing of the 301 colleges and universities with faculty collective bargaining agents, 218 of which have contracts. Each is identified as public or private, two- or four-year, and the bargaining affiliate (e.g. American Association of University Professors, National Education Association) is…

In order to compile attrition/retention information for students in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, this study identifies and charts the flow of two full-time, first-time student cohorts: (1) students first enrolled in fall 1970 in bachelor degree programs; (2) students first enrolled in fall 1972 in two-year degree programs. The…

A contrast is drawn between "norm-referenced" grading (on the curve) and "criterion-referenced" grading (including contract). Most teachers incorporate both methods but without always being aware of the logic behind their grading procedures. It is suggested that the academic units of the University of Michigan must continue to…

In the Fall Quarter, 1975, the University Division of General Studies introduced a University Seminar Program whose aim was to provide new students, freshmen and transfers, with a more humanistic introduction to Bowling Green State University. The results and conclusions of the evaluation study regarding the first year of the program's operation…

The All-University Faculty Information Bulletin for 1974 for the University of Minnesota describes the university; its organization and administration; the duties and privileges of the faculty; faculty personnel information; teaching policies and procedures; student services; university resources including research and study facilities,…

The problem of productivity and its impact on manufacturing engineering is the main focus of a program designed to develop a university-industry relationship that will provide professional training to students and input into the manufacturing industry. The current status of existing university-industry interaction at the foreign and domestic…

The final report on a program to encourage industry-university interaction in the materials processing industries presents the findings of various proposed activities, establishes some conclusions, and provides suggestions and recommendations for extending the task to the actual design and conduct of the project. The background in which the…

Harvard's energy conservation plan is presented in detail with the hope that it will suggest practical, cost-effective energy-saving ideas to other institutions, and to dispel frequently-expressed fears concerning the feasibility and acceptance problems of this type of program. The total energy plan incorporates numerous specific elements that…

The trend toward competency-based vocational teacher education (CBVTE) is related to other significant trends: the movement toward certification by skills demonstration, the emergence of Teacher Centers, and the increasing emphasis on inservice education. CBVTE focuses on teaching competencies, expecting trainees to possess the technical or…

A questionnaire designed to investigate faculty use and awareness of current reference works was administered to the Department of Speech at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. The first part was a checklist of older, established, or ongoing reference works in the areas of speech, speech pathology, audiology, and theater. The second part asked…

The University of Alabama in Birmingham's 1975 faculty handbook outlines the university's organization, governance, and purpose. Details of personnel policies regarding appointment, promotion, tenure, resignation, termination and grievance procedures are provided as is information of faculty roles and responsibilities, salaries, fringe benefits,…

Western Illinois University is part of the state higher education system and as such is governed by the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities. The 1974 edition of the faculty handbook outlines the university's organization and administration within the state system and individually. Additionally, the handbook provides special…

Vanderbilt University's 1975 faculty handbook provides details of the university policy regarding appointment and tenure; faculty responsibility; faculty benefits; and facilities and services available to faculty. (JMF)