This study uses a cross-section national sample of four-year colleges and universities in the United States to examine the variation of part-time faculty employment. Results of this study suggest that higher educational institutions actively design and adopt contingent work arrangements to save on labor costs and to manage their resource…

This article reports on the impact of organized research centers on professional effort, productivity, and perceptions of work satisfaction for life sciences faculty members at research intensive universities' medical schools in the U.S. Results indicate that senior center-affiliated faculty members taught less but worked more total hours than…

This paper describes a faculty-designed program evaluation procedure established at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, focusing on the Communication Department. The assessment potential of this process is examined and, following an explication of the process itself and the Program Evaluation Committee (PEC) Report, the five elements…

A set of criteria for determining faculty workloads in light of changing roles and responsibilities is presented along with a formula that institutions can use to assess faculty workloads. After introductory material, the first section defines a workload formula as a method of determining the responsibilities a faculty member must carry out in a…

In 2002, the CAUCE Professional Development Committee sponsored a survey of CAUCE members to gather information on their professional development needs and interests. This paper presents the results of this survey and compares it with the results of previous surveys. A particularly interesting aspect of the 2002 survey was the results of a…

Although consulting has long been recognized as a legitimate faculty role in most colleges, concern has arisen about the appropriateness of "double dipping," and particularly whether consulting and other supplemental income activities result in shirking other university responsibilities. The debate centers on six basic issues: who…

This report outlines the parameters within which teacher misassignment or out-of-field teaching can occur in the United States. Information is provided on results of a telephone survey collected between December 1984 and February 1985 to certification and accreditation officals in state education agencies in an attempt to discover the extent of…

A project was undertaken to devise an improved method for determining the workload generated by each direct instructional, instructional-related, and professional-related activity carried out at Colorado State University and the estimated workload expected of each instructional faculty member. These load factors specifically recognize the input…

The faculty at Madison College (Virginia) were surveyed to document the array of activities that command the energy and effort of the college's instructional faculty. Information about the kinds of activities in which faculty are engaged and indications of the relative effort devoted to each constitute important inputs for analysis of the way in…

A model and implementation process is presented for projecting student headcount and credit hour and contact hour enrollment for each academic area and all areas aggregated by semester and fiscal year for each campus of Montgomery College, Maryland. The projection model is suggested as a managerial tool to assist the college's management to…

This paper discusses the problems and benefits of conducting research in a small institution. Problems related to personnel, finances, expertise, and credibility, and advantages such as communication and cooperation are described. The University of Lethbridge has created a common data-gathering system, QAULTEP (Qualitative Analysis of the…

The purpose of this survey was to determine how public school teachers view the need to perform certain job-related responsibilities and the adequacy of their college preparation for meeting those duties. The responses to the questionnaire are presented in tabular form. A copy of the questionnaire is appended to this report. (JD)

In order to obtain information about speech programs in two-year colleges with two or fewer full-time speech communication faculty, a questionnaire survey was conducted in October 1976. Usable responses were obtained from 84 two-year institutions, a 56% response. Data are presented indicating the numbers and proportions of full-time and part-time…

Faculty at a state university were asked how they felt about the workload survey administered on campus and whether the NCHEMS' factors were related to their acceptance of the survey. Results upheld one NCHEMS relationship: that a positive attitude toward a survey is related to perceived value of the data for allocating faculty resources and…

Faculty at a large state university were classified according to Holland's theory of vocational choice. The findings were supportive of Holland's theory and indicated that changes in instructional workload will not affect research or public service activities of faculty members. (Editor/LBH)