Details the resolution passed at the Wyoming Conference on English, calling for major professional organizations in English, especially CCCC, to take steps to correct the exploitation of English faculty members, particularly writing teachers. (JC)

Work behavior of high school teachers was studied using a structured observation technique. This method of observation offers information on how individuals spend their time and allocate their attention. Findings are discussed. (DF)

This report summarizes information from a faculty matrix which demonstrates the patterns of faculty employment at Nova Southeastern University (Florida). The University prepared a faculty matrix using data from different departments in 1997, and that report served as a basis for this report. In the fall term of 1999, Nova Southeastern University…

This digest reviews the literature and discusses issues concerning college faculty workload. Trends in the United States which have created interest in faculty workload issues are identified including faltering state economies in the late 1980s and rising costs of higher education especially of personnel. Criticism of higher education by the…

The writing program administrator (WPA) at a small, Catholic liberal arts college has many roles in fulfilling her job responsibilities and upholding institutional values, which include collaboration, dialogue, and application of knowledge to benefit others and the environment. Some of these roles include: teaching four courses, engaging in…

Higher education institutions rely increasingly on their faculty to create, implement, and validate administrative decisions. As a result, the position of faculty governance body leader provides a meaningful example of the type of faculty member who becomes involved in campus activities outside the normal workload. This study examined the work…

Influenced by Carnegie Academy Campus Program conversations, faculty (n=71) advising responsibilities and attitudes were explored at a midsize, comprehensive, private university. As part of an effort to improve student learning, the primarily quantitative Student Advising Survey was used to establish advising patterns. The survey found that…

Several successful approaches used to create an environment that helps faculty members achieve their own and their department's objectives are discussed. Includes discussions of faculty load for teaching and professional affairs, recognition/evaluation of academic excellence (promotion criteria and annual merit raises), educational/instructional…

Responses to a national survey of 600 assistant, associate, and full professors of journalism reveal that most are satisfied with their jobs and that while they recognize the importance of research, few are involved in it. (HOD)

A self-evaluation system for college faculty time analysis is described and the forms used for record-keeping are presented. The system permits: documentation of types and amounts of services made available; accuracy of accounting; ease in federal grant auditing; development of job descriptions for prospective employees; and personal time…

Describes how Wayland (Massachusetts) High School implemented the Trump Plan for team teaching in the early 1960s and how the school gradually abandoned the program because of staff turnover, teacher dissatisfaction, lack of administrative support, and loss of funds. (RW)

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)

In 1977, the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations confronted the question of defining what constitutes part-time status for college teachers. A brief on a case concerning a lecturer at the University of Connecticut reveals the difficulty in measuring faculty workload. (MLW)

Relates the experiences of the University of Illinois in establishing a freshman composition program taught by selected secondary school teachers, graduate students from other departments, and senior faculty members. (HOD)

Academic communities are under intense pressures to balance expenditures with income. Strategies are offered here to increase productivity drawn from the experiences of the University of New Haven. Emphasis is on revenue-cost ratios, class size, and faculty teaching schedules as primary factors in productivity improvement. (Editor/LBH)