A series of multiple regression analyses was used to investigate a salary equity policy in a statewide system of institutions of higher education. Faculty rank, number of publications, and teaching effectiveness were among the variables examined. (JKS)

Advocates easily understood and equitable methods of distributing faculty workload and including on evaluation profiles only those items that are related to the workload, to improve faculty performance and assure educational quality. (TP)

Describes a Faculty Workload Formula developed in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. (SL)

A questionnaire survey was conducted among five higher education institutions to determine the number of hours faculty members spent in their various duties. A total of 450 faculty members provided usable responses regarding their time spent teaching, advising, research, and service. (LBH)

Describes a study conducted to design or adopt a device to assess the job satisfaction of home economics faculty, describe the components of job satisfaction, and investigate the effects of selected characteristics of home economics faculty on level of job satisfaction. (SH)

The role of teacher educators in the private college is explored in this article. Research indicates that teaching, rather than research, is expected to be the main priority for faculty members. Results are presented.

Highlights differences between two-and four-year colleges in terms of mission, student preparation, and demands on faculty. Seeks to promote an understanding among community college trustees of the difficulties faculty face working in community colleges after training in the university teaching model. (DMM)

Describes the change in Duke's English department and departments in general by using historical examples that reflect then current attitudes towards the humanities and scholarship. (CRH)

A review of the literature dealing with faculty load in colleges and universities from 1929 reveals that this problem has not been resolved satisfactorily in any institution. Two plans are described for determining assignment loads. (Author/LBH)

This document addresses the fact that community colleges have received little attention in research literature. The biggest gap in research is about community college instructors who teach the most and least prepared students through honors and developmental courses. Data was gathered from a national survey the professional practices and attitudes…

The Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE) reviewed the literature on teacher stress, examining what stress is, causes and effects of stress in teaching, how teaching compares with other professions, what Scottish research says, and how teachers cope with stress. Stress has increasingly acquired a negative connotation, implying…

This keynote address discusses ways undergraduate education is changing in terms of the diversity of students, financing education, and time required for graduation. How these changes affect academic advisers is the focus of the piece. The article is a response to a college administrator's charge to advisers to adapt to the new face of…

This paper analyzes data from the 2001 survey "BCTF (British Columbia Teachers' Federation) Worklife of Teacher Survey Series, I: Workload and Stress." Surveys were mailed to 1,500 teachers in British Columbia, and 644 teachers responded. Teachers identified and explained the most significant aspect of workload or stress in their…

Discusses guidelines established by the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries and the Canadian Association of University Teachers concerning academic status for librarians. Fundamental issues highlighted are librarian workloads, release time, professional status, and relevance of evaluation criteria and procedures. (EJS)

Stressors in school counseling were researched by surveying 240 school counselors about prevalence of stress experienced, sources of stress, and possible relationship between perceived stress and biographic variables (sex, age, marital status, assigned grade level, years of counseling experience). Counselors indicated moderate stress concerning…