A survey of full-time medical school faculty at one university shows sources of job satisfaction coincide with perceptions of job and career responsibility. Physicians reported conflict between various responsibilities but resolved this by setting or rationalizing priorities. (Author/MSE)

A survey provides data about student teacher supervisors, concerning the duties they perform, their supervising load, academic rank, and the evaluation of student teacher supervisors. University supervisors appear to perform a dual role: On campus, supervisors work on committees, teach classes, and conduct research, and off campus, they represent…

Due to the effects of reduced student enrollment, inflation, and competition, colleges need new methods to allocate resources. A management information system that provides a variety of management information data and that is useful in supporting program decisions is described. (JN)

A study on a survey of department heads in 25 major universities that examines what department heads perceive to be the component parts in making assignments to faculty is discussed. The importance of evaluating faculty based on effort required rather than on time devoted to given tasks is stressed. (Author/MLW)

A study of the pros and cons of part-time faculty shows that about one-third of all college faculty are part-time. They cost less, and are a valuable asset to a school, but may cause accrediting problems if they number more than 25 percent of the total faculty. (JMF)

Interviews with adult education staff in British universities, further education colleges, local authorities, and voluntary organizations (n=41) show that the government funding shift to vocational education increased adult educators' workload; many feel it has endangered institutional ethos and adult learning. Part-time teachers were less…

Flexible tenure contracts are proposed as an alternative to the current college faculty tenure system. Such a contract would make more explicit, and potentially more varied, the contributions expected of the candidate, but avoid the tenure-track/non-tenure-track distinction. It could also help resolve conflicts over the relative weights to be…

The Workload Measurement System was used to measure time use patterns with and without students for 23 occupational therapists in two Canadian teaching hospitals. For 87% there were no significant differences in time spent in direct or indirect patient care with or without students. (SK)

Studied the credit hour as a measure of faculty workload through interviews with administrators at several public and private colleges and universities. The credit hour metric did not appear to be stifling innovation, although at some public campuses those regulations made innovation more difficult. (SLD)

Informal interviews with 12 British university department heads investigated attitudes about: the relative importance of research and teaching, both within the department and for individual faculty members; prestige associated with each; the utility of the categories "teaching" and "research" within the discipline; links…

Used focus groups to examine persistent gaps between what should exist regarding faculty work and reward in schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDE) and what does exist. SCDE faculty indicated that mixed messages about expectations for work, needs for faculty development, idiosyncratic evaluation criteria, lack of clarity of mission,…

Structured observation of the work behavior of five elementary school teachers revealed that, in comparison with secondary school and sixth-grade teachers, these subjects exhibited higher levels of "busyness," possibly resulting from the wider array of needs and demands of younger children with higher activity levels. (Author/CB)

Academic environments for Australian faculty in Australia and Hong Kong are compared, and the likelihood of job satisfaction for Australians in Hong Kong is discussed. Career conditions under which Hong Kong employment will be most satisfactory are noted. (MSE)

Effect of administrative rules concerning scheduling on college faculty's productivity is examined. Three potential effects are that rules interact with other rules to produce rigidity; scheduling changes cause greater disruption as rules and rigidity increase; and at some point, rules prohibit creation of a workable schedule for teaching facility…