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Steiner, Peter O.; Rosenbaum, Robert A. – Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 1979
The University of Maryland's decision not to appoint Professor Ollman, a Marxist, is analyzed by AAUP's Committee A in terms of procedural concerns of administrative decision-making and academic freedom. The dismissed case of Edgar F. Beall is appended. (AF)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Policy, Case Studies, College Administration
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Fox, Jill Englebright; Rossi, John Allen – Professional Educator, 2001
Discusses concerns of tenure-track faculty acting as faculty liaisons to Professional Development Schools (PDSs), describing one university's efforts to restructure its roles and rewards policies to support university/public school collaboration. Six conclusions include: the institution's history makes a difference in creating a climate for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Stevenson, Dwight W. – 1984
As technical communication is a young academic discipline, evaluating technical communication faculty for promotion, tenure, and merit purposes requires special awareness and care. To determine reasonable expectations of faculty achievement, a study documented the range, types, and frequency of activities of 12 professors and 12 associate…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Promotion
Association of Teacher Educators, Reston, VA. – 1985
The Commission on Master Teachers shares the results of its study and deliberations on career ladders in teaching by examining assumptions, recalling facts about educational change, and posing critical questions in regard to the purpose, design, process, and support needed to establish a school district career ladder staffing arrangement. Proposed…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Differentiated Staffs, Elementary Secondary Education, Master Teachers
Kimble, Gregory A. – 1974
Information for newly appointed heads of graduate departments of psychology is presented as background material for the 1974 Chairman's Workshop. Topics include the following: the budgetary situation, pressures for increased teaching loads, effects upon recruiting faculty, faculty morale, graduate and undergraduate student morale, the intellectual…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Budgeting, Department Heads, Departments
McCarthy, Marianne B. – 1978
A survey was done to assess whether institutions of higher education are recognizing the contributions made by their faculty who are teaching in adult/continuing education and extension programs by integrating these services into the institution's faculty evaluation and reward system. The administrations from over 170 private and public…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, College Faculty, Community Services
Gross, James A. – 1981
In a 1976 decision forbidding school boards to negotiate agreements with unions to share teacher tenure decisions (Cohoes City School District v. Cohoes Teachers Association), the New York State Court of Appeals assumed that boards actually make the tenure decisions. To test this assumption, researchers investigated the locus of decision-making in…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Court Litigation, Decision Making
Esp, D. G. – 1981
Comprehensive schools are responsible for compulsory education for students from the ages of 6-16 in France. There is a trend to devolve administrative duties from the Central Ministry of Education to the "academies" or regional bodies and to delegate powers to the schools. The responsibilities of the headteacher include making detailed…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Selection, Career Ladders, Course Content
Queralt, Magaly – 1982
The influences of mentors on the career development of college faculty and academic administrators employed by the state university system of Florida was studied in 1980. Usable responses to a 55-item, self-report mail questionnaire were received from 287 faculty members and academic administrators. It was found that academics with mentors showed…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrators, College Faculty, Higher Education
Whitcombe, J. E. – 1979
Interviews with 48 primary and secondary teachers in New Zealand provided comparisons of the career patterns of male and female teachers. The respondents taught at urban and rural schools and had a variety of status levels, from assistant teacher to principal. Respondents' ages ranged from under 25 to 55 years. The interviews were informal and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Family Influence, Females, Foreign Countries
Seldin, Peter – 1980
Seven separate areas of faculty evaluation are discussed: student, colleague and self-assessment, student learning, student advising, institutional service, and research and publication. Designed for use by faculty and administrators, this book is intended to serve as a practical resource in developing and upgrading programs for evaluation. Each…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Development
Lowe, James D., Jr.; Anderson, Douglas – 1980
Using a questionnaire designed to elicit information on factors relating to career enhancement, 438 faculty members of departments of psychology in the southeastern United States were questioned concerning: major area of expertise; rank; tenure status; teaching load; opportunities for summer teaching; general tenure requirements; relationship of…
Descriptors: Careers, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Faculty Workload
BRIDGES, EDWIN M. – 1968
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS PREFER TEACHERS WITH EXPRESSIVE CHARACTERISTICS. THIS WAS THE MAJOR RESULT STEMMING FROM TESTS OF TWO HYPOTHESES--(1) ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS IN WORKING-CLASS (TYPE W) SCHOOL SYSTEMS, IN CONTRAST TO PRINCIPALS FROM MIDDLE CLASS (TYPE M) SYSTEMS, WILL INDICATE A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS IN THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Schools, Employed Parents
Murnane, Richard J. – 1977
This nationwide study evaluates the impact of minority student enrollment trends on the composition and distribution of the teaching staffs of inner city school systems. The report summarizes past research on teacher mobility. It outlines recent changes in labor market conditions for teachers and describes the changing characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Inner City, Labor Market, Labor Turnover
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1978
Differences in salaries by sex were studied among the faculty of Maryland public higher education institutions. Focus was on the overall pattern, with consideration of the issue of promotion to rank at the University of Maryland and the state colleges and universities. The scope of the study was limited to full-time, permanent faculty, and data…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females
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