The opinions of the faculty at the College of the Sequoias, California, regarding their office facilities and scheduled office hours were surveyed. Ninety-nine faculty members completed a 10-item questionnaire, which is enclosed. It was found that the maintenance of faculty office hours and being available for students was viewed as an important…

A study of the faculty work week at the University of Connecticut shows that the typical professor works 54.8 hours per week. The study, conducted between April 9 and April 29, 1976, involved 213 faculty members. This represents 18 percent of the faculty, excluding librarians, full-time extension agents, and health center faculty, and provides a…

To involve university faculty in some useful community service there must be clear definitions and a system of reward. Three levels of community service are outlined, from long-term extensive activities to short-term involvements. Criteria are suggested for evaluating these services. These guidelines are useful for faculty groups who are seeking…

Present evaluation techniques depend heavily upon student input, with little or no reference to the circumstances under which faculty work. Using the Fried Transdisciplinary Model in evaluating faculty would do much to alleviate this situation. Questions about quality of performance would still be considered under the Task Requisites Zone of the…

A study examined the specific differences in the salary reward systems of eight clusters of academic disciplines included in Biglan's three-dimensional model of the academic profession. The sample consisted of 1,320 faculty at a large research university who responded to the Faculty Activity Analysis questionnaire requesting information on the…

Discusses the formulation of the "Wyoming Resolution," which decries the working conditions of writing faculty members in postsecondary education and calls for the creation of a grievance procedure for such teachers. Contains a copy of the resolution. (FL)

Ohio University-Chillicothe devised a faculty-administered salary review process that assigns points for a variety of activities in one primary area (teaching) and two secondary areas (scholarly activity and university/community service) and builds in points for promotion. The system has been well received by faculty and administration for five…

Cost-per-student assessments resulting from changes in the Scientific and Medical University of Grenoble's statutes to improve accountability, including budgeting changes, and measures to improve teaching loads and human resource management suggest that the French university system is ill-adapted to efforts to improve performance. (Author/MSE)

Essay focuses on the concept of the urban university serving the needs of the metropolitan community in which it is located. Recommendations include emphasizing instructional activities, faculty concerns, student services, and community service in evaluating existing operational procedures and programs. (Author/SA)

Faculty professional public service is undervalued at most institutions. Among the problems are definition of service, methods of and criteria for evaluation of the quality or value of service, and faculty exposure or visibility. Steps to be taken to raise the value and the rewards of faculty public service efforts are suggested. (MSE)

The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) gathers data about employee compensation in its 48 public community colleges each year. This report reflects the census of October 1, 2000, and contains data on faculty salaries, administrative salaries, classified salaries, and other nonteaching professional staff salaries. Highlights include: (1) the…

Community college adjunct instructors are an increasing percentage of the faculty. They also teach an increasing percentage of the curriculum. While some research in the adjunct arena has been performed, adjuncts typically do not enjoy an adequate amount of research. A 72-question, 266-item demographic and attitudinal survey was distributed to…

This paper discusses issues surrounding the delivery of interactive television systems at Grand Valley State University in Michigan (GVSU). Interactive television (ITV) systems are defined as those systems that connect two or more sites for the purpose of two-way audio and video communication. ITV systems can enable learners to work cooperatively…

This paper addresses the "graying of faculty," faculty recruitment and retention, roles and responsibilities, evaluation, professionalism, and issues related to part-time faculty. The student body of today's community colleges is tremendously diverse, making the recruitment and retention of new faculty even more complicated. As approximately…

This report presents faculty headcount statistics for Nova Southeastern University (Florida) from fall term 1995 to fall term 1998; the intent of the study was to examine the ratio of full-time faculty to student enrollment in view of accreditation criteria mandated by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. A wide variety of data is…