A survey of 22 nurse education programs found that 70% allocate less than 1 teaching credit hour to 1 clinical contact hour; 50% of programs had 10 or more students in classes, despite the fact that faculty were concerned about learning and supervision in courses with more than 8 students. (SK)

Using case studies, explores the substantial variation in faculty work within one institutional type--research universities. Examines the implications of this variation for state policies designed to improve teaching and learning, and for institutional policies meant to achieve a better balance between teaching, research, and service. (EV)

A new Carnegie Foundation report recommends expanding the concept of faculty scholarship to recognize and reward teaching, service, textbook writing, and other faculty activities. Campuses can accommodate faculty's shifting interests by encouraging movement from one activity to another, possibly with short-term contracts spelling out scholarly…

Nursing faculty (N=28) in baccalaureate programs were interviewed about work-related activities, publication rates, and primary interests. This was compared with similar data from faculty in other disciplines. Results indicate that nursing faculty favor teaching activities and are less oriented toward conducting research than their peers. (CH)

Summarizes survey responses of 92 mentor teachers. Among respondents' 210 comments, 103 (49%) focus on the mentoring role and 107 (50.9%) relate to perceived obstacles to effective mentoring. Respondents often doubted their mentoring qualifications and voiced concerns about time, pairing methods, beginning teachers' receptiveness, and limited…

Describes how chairs of English departments can help their departments prosper in economic hard times. (SR)

Discusses the use of personal tutors to support nursing students. Considers the time implications of adopting an all-encompassing tutor role in the current climate of higher education. (SK)

Uses the concepts of "capacity" and "consistency ratios" as the means for planning and utilizing faculty capability for research and sponsored project development. Analysis of typical institutional data reveals how an understanding and use of these concepts can provide the research administrator with useful insights into the cost implications of…

Describes a study of a United Kingdom project that distributed portable computers to special education needs coordinators and support services staff. Highlights include teachers' time and workload issues; training needs; and the position of support service staff and implications for local education authorities (LEA). (LRW)

Results from a random sample of arts and sciences faculty indicate that structural differences between universities account for most of the difference in faculty time allocation. Attempts to emphasize teaching over research must take into account the way that faculty characteristics reinforce institutional mission. (SK)

A case study of a school district illustrates how districts solve a substitute teacher shortage by reducing reliance on substitutes and extending full-time teachers' hours. The process allots overwork and work-family conflict to some workers and underemployment and multiple job holding to others. (Contains 38 references.) (SK)

Administrative and student supplies (textbooks, schedules, identification badges, and computer disks) must be catalogued, stored, and distributed, but not by transforming faculties into accountants and clerks. Administrative and support staff at an Ohio high school captured and barcoded textbooks, streamlined fall administrative procedures, and…

This article describes a pilot study that suggests writing-faculty workload may affect the pedagogical focus and rhetorical effectiveness of written response to students' essays. To study the relationship between writing-faculty workload and comments that faculty write on students' essays, the author sent an eleven-question survey to 30 English…

This position paper of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) examines issues of educational technology that involve policy and implementation matters important to local academic senates. In particular it includes current information regarding separate curriculum review and instructor-student contact. In general, this paper…

Due to limited knowledge about faculty at community colleges, not much attention has been given to their job satisfaction and opinions. In particular, there is a gap in the literature relative to community college minority faculty's satisfaction in rural and urban areas. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore minority faculty's…