Identifies significant issues of conflict between administration and faculty that resulted from an online MBA program at Nova Southeastern University. Highlights include faculty compensation for teaching online; exams and workload of online courses compared to traditional courses; learning outcomes; classroom management; faculty selection and…

Asserts that faculty work frequently involves joint production of teaching and research, teaching and service, or research and service. Explores how assessing joint production of teaching, research, and outreach may benefit faculty and institutions, and suggests specific methods for evaluating the extent and nature of integrated faculty work. (EV)

Discusses the impact of various policies, including faculty compensation, workload, intellectual property, and geographic service areas, on distance education enrollment growth. Reports on five cases based on data from a survey of members of the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications and presents a framework for understanding why…

Explored the use of e-mail by instructional faculty and staff, the quality of computing resources at their institutions, and the effects of technology use on workload. In fall 1998 Internet access was common for postsecondary faculty and staff, and 69% of full-time faculty and 46% of part-time faculty used e-mail to communicate with students in…

Reports results from a survey of psychology faculty that found that respondents generally held favorable attitudes toward the Internet and incorporated online technology for instructional purposes. Indicated that the primary drawbacks of Internet-based instruction were the time requirements involved and a lack of formal faculty training.…

Following up a 1979 survey, 121 responses from vocational administrators (65 percent) indicated that students enroll in agriculture because of personal interest or teacher popularity; teachers need improvement in cooperation with administrators/faculty and other professional areas; and teachers should be prepared to handle extracurricular duties.…

The impact of work-related variables on research productivity and job satisfaction for university faculty was investigated. Questionnaires assessing work performance, demographic characteristics, and job satisfaction were completed by 132 faculty members. Type of appointment and involvement with professional organizations were found to predict…

Brigham Young University's first-year legal writing course uses professors of small sections to develop and grade assignments and shifts primarily to others the tasks of lecturing on legal writing and teaching legal research. It also provides teaching assistants to lighten the workload. Dividing duties avoids burnout and interference with other…

Warns academics about overextending themselves by becoming involved in too many missions. The article examines the incentives to overextend and reveals why the penalties for overextending tend to be weak. The author suggests that overextended teachers hurt research quality because of their lack of time. (GR)

A study investigated the productivity, measured as patients seen per half-day, of 15 family practice faculty and third-year residents at the University of Kentucky during a 4-month period. Physicians assigned to teach ambulatory care clerkships had productivity levels similar to those without teaching responsibilities. (Author/MSE)

The University of Illinois' medical school has a third-year program of weekly role-playing exercises focusing on management of acute medical problems. Students are responsible for creating the cases, complete with scenarios and treatment teams, simulating them, and successfully treating or reaching an impasse. Little teacher preparation time is…

Changes in faculty workloads are examined in light of state legislation mandating specific numbers of "contact hours," negative attitudes toward liberal educational trends, recessionary pressures, and undergraduate versus graduate instruction. The article encourages improving communication with supporters, articulating better ties between research…

This article proposes that, in the new university-colleges being created in British Columbia, instructors' workloads should not be based upon traditional models which stress the importance of research and publication for excellent teaching. It is claimed that research fails to support a positive relationship between faculty research and teaching…

An undergraduate general education course introducing principles of law taught at Cornell University (New York), illustrates the value of law school faculty teaching undergraduate courses: the task is rewarding and satisfying without being too time consuming, and introducing undergraduates to law benefits both the law school and the students. (MSE)

A discussion of the concept of intellectual property in the context of Australian higher education concludes that the term carries a range of meanings extending beyond legal definitions and that the individualizing and formalizing of academic labor, drawn from bureaucracy, is contrary to the tradition of the university. (Author/MSE)