Presents results of a survey indicating that although nearly 70 percent of undergraduate public relations majors are women, these students have few female role models teaching them. Indicates that those women currently teaching public relations carry heavy teaching and student contact responsibilities, primarily because of their beginning faculty…

Article offers a guideline for the planning of teacher training in physical education. (GB)

Described is a cooperative undergraduate program in chemistry between two small church-related colleges in Tennessee. (RH)

Relationship of tuition, faculty size, compensation, work load and class size. (Editor)

A statistical methodology applied to three years of teaching load data from 21 major public universities yields an objective, broadly applicable set of student credit hours (SCH) weight factors. A table of optimum weighting factors for upper division and graduate SCH is presented. (Author/MLW)

At Camillus Junior High School, teachers who need extra time for instructional planning may apply for an inschool released day. This article outlines this program's procedures and cites examples of teachers' use of the planning day and their comments on the system. The program's application and evaluation forms are appended. (SJL)

Using data collected from 128 two-year and four-year colleges during 1976, this report examines the fringe benefit coverage of part-time faculty members. Reports that part timers who work more than one-half time are more likely to receive fringe benefits than those who work half-time or less. (LRA)

Adequate grading of student compositions in large classes makes inordinate demands on the English teacher's time. To convince administrators to reduce teaching loads, teachers need familiarity with research supporting the instructional advantages of smaller classes and closer attention, and with opposing research. (An extensive annotated research…

Outlines how the principal can help the beginning teacher in six areas: achieving status with peers, gaining the principal's attention, becoming oriented, making a unique contribution to the school, growing personally and professionally, and associating socially with peers. (Author/JM)

A survey of 40 resource room or itinerant teachers of students with visual impairments in British Columbia (Canada) gathered information concerning teacher training/experience, caseload characteristics, nature of service to students with multiple disabilities, contact with parents and other professionals, and teaching activities. (JDD)

Develops and tests a causal model of the relationship among burnout, communication, organizational stressors, and outcomes in the educational setting. Finds that the causal model developed indicates that teachers' workload and support from their principal influenced role conflict and role ambiguity. Finds that these role stressors, in turn,…

Teaching and research don't have to battle each other for graduate students' attention. In an essay in Peter C. Herman's "Day Late, Dollar Short: The Next Generation and the New Academy", published in 2000, English professor Sharon O'Dair makes the connection between the current situation of English graduate students and the delusions of young…