1980s reform strategies amounted to fine-tuning a model T. Inner-city high schoolers' reading and writing skills cannot be improved if each teacher is responsible for 175 students. The 800 schools participating in Coalition of Essential Schools projects share certain characteristics: small size; collegiality among educators, parents, and community…

In a study of teachers and administrators seeking advanced degrees and certification, over 78% of teachers reported negative rewards that included larger classes and more duties and committee assignments. Over 85% of administrators were given more responsibilities with no pay increase. While such rewards seemed positive at first, they led to…

Summarizes results of a survey of 224 middle-school teachers and counselors in 3 eastern states. When asked whether their school needed a teacher advisory program, how they felt about being advisors, their biggest reservations, and what help they needed, 64% felt positive about being advisors, 12% felt negative, and 24% were unsure. Adequate…

Examines relationships between support variables (work significance, collegiality, and chairperson's support) and indicators of research university faculty burnout (emotional exhaustion and feeling of personal accomplishment) and between burnout indicators and potential consequences. Support indicators are the most influential determinants of…

A survey of 26 faculty cooperative education coordinators, 18 students, and 13 site supervisors found that 80% thought faculty site visits were important; barriers to visits were time and distance; and alternatives included visiting only new sites or those with problems, using telephone or video, and hosting site supervisors on campus. (SK)

A teacher working in a school with an open-door policy discusses some difficulties with this arrangement. She had trouble finding a private place, including the staff room, to talk intimately with other teachers, had to build her schedule around parent helpers, and noted some unethical treatment of children. Parent involvement is no elixir. The…

Examines the idea that greater clinical and research demands on faculty time threaten to diminish the use of problem-based learning in existing medical school curricula. (DDR)

Describes the varied duties of a faculty member of New York University's online, for-profit subsidiary, NYUonline. Hired for her business acumen more than for her degree, the adjunct associate professor's job description differs from that of traditional academics and involves marketing as well as teaching. Notes concerns by traditional academics…

In summer 2003, two of the contributors to this article--Andrew Hershberger, a third-year assistant professor, and Dan Madigan, a faculty development director--met to talk about "balance" in the lives of junior faculty. How, for example, can faculty in the early stages of their careers better negotiate their roles as teachers and scholars at…

This article is part of an international research project which is investigating the changing nature of the academic profession in twenty-two countries in the twenty-first century. This article focuses on the discourses of global competition; the permeation of a business ethos and higher education values; the quest for efficiency; diversification…

This paper explores the feasibility of using a blended approach to postgraduate research-degree supervision. Such a model could reduce research supervisors' workloads and improve the quality and success of Masters and Doctoral students' research output. The paper presents a case study that is based on a framework that was originally designed for…

Recent cases have demonstrated that plagiarism is a hot-button issue. It is also pervasive, occurring in universities, four-year colleges, community colleges, secondary schools, graduate programs, international classrooms, multicultural classrooms, writing centers, writing-across-the-curriculum programs, scholarly publications and the popular…

This study investigated inclusive practices in Prince Edward Island (PEI) elementary schools in terms of the supports teachers consider as important for inclusion. Twenty teachers were randomly selected to complete a survey, and 5 teachers were randomly selected to participate in an interview about inclusion supports. The survey in this study…

Educators are drowning under the weight of initiative fatigue--attempting to use the same amount of time, money, and emotional energy to accomplish more and more objectives. Eventually, each initiative added to the pile creates a dramatic decline in organizational effectiveness. As such, principals need to help their teachers by lessening the…

A study examined working conditions for writing teachers in postsecondary writing programs in Louisiana. The Louisiana Association for College Composition (LACC) sent surveys to LACC member schools in 21 writing programs, and 15 responded. The first part of the survey asked for responses to the February 1989 draft of the Conference on College…