The State University of New York's (SUNY) Budget System and the Course and Section Analysis (CASA) System, which were developed to ensure accountability at the campus level, are described. Problem areas and resulting inaccurate and potentially misleading information are examined for the 12 state university colleges. The Budget System and CASA…

This six-part report provides data on faculty workload and salaries for Spring 1981 at the Metropolitan Community Colleges. Section I describes the purposes for and procedures used in this collection of information and defines the data elements covered by the report: full-time teaching credit and contact hours; full-time non-teaching credit and…

A review of the literature on the community college faculty member is presented. In contrast to the college and university professor, the community college faculty member does not possess a persona that has been subject to treatment in the media. The academic literature portrays this faculty member as the doctoral candidate that couldn't make it,…

Conditions in academic employment associated with increasingly tense political struggles for anthropology departments are discussed. Personnel policies for state-supported institutions are cited as areas of major controversy and the effect of student enrollments on the setting of staffing-level parameters is emphasized. Politics internal to…

Six major barriers face scholars in community colleges who seek grant monies; however, certain policy solutions can eliminate these barriers. Increased instructional workloads, less diversified faculty resources, lack of administrative encouragement or assistance in grants development, faculty attitudes against grantsmanship, and superfluous…

These guidelines have been designed to support and upgrade English as a field of study and to suggest certain standards, approaches, and materials that will strengthen junior and senior high school English departments. The guidelines deal with several areas that have relevance for English instruction: philosophy; curriculum and instruction…

This document analyzes the events and circumstances surrounding the collective negotiations between faculty and administration at the Community College of Beaver County (Pennsylvania) during the summer of 1976; the impasse that resulted concerning the issue of retrenchment; the Board's refusal to accept a faculty offer to continue negotiations…

Comparative data are presented on the earnings of part-and full-time faculty and a discussion is provided of whether the evidence justifies the assertion that part-timers are paid less than proportionally to full-timers. Discussed are the part-time labor market, hiring, and fringe benefits. (LBH)

Discusses faculty development efforts within the medical education field. Argues that most faculty development programs primarily stress instructional improvement. Urges that increased attention be given to other responsibilities of faculty besides teaching, the varying needs of faculty at different career stages, and needs identified by faculty…

A wide variety of individual and contextual factors, within and outside institutional control, can affect faculty research performance. These collective factors, the research culture, include policies and practices affecting recruitment, workload, evaluation, collegial communication, leadership, and structure. (MSE)

This document outlines the factors necessary in creating a faculty handbook for distance learning programs. It begins by discussing the various uses for this kind of faculty handbook, such as clarifying faculty responsibilities, defining policies and procedures of distance learning, and serving as a reference and marketing tool. It then describes…

This document describes how the faculty workload at the 16 selected SUNY (State University of New York) campuses compares with that of other public colleges and universities, and the actions SUNY has taken to ensure optimal teaching workloads. The results indicate that the teaching productivity in most of the 16 SUNY schools compared favorably…

Based on responses to a questionnaire and interviews with 327 faculty from research universities, liberal arts colleges, a comprehensive university, British universities, and a longitudinal study concerning the transition to retirement, this study examines academic retirement experiences. An introductory chapter gives background information on the…

This report describes changes in instructional staffing and workload in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) based on records dating back to 1981. Total faculty full-time equivalent (FTE) continued to be reduced in 1998 to 2,021, the second lowest level since 1981. Regular contract faculty FTE in fall 1998 fell to 1,118, essentially…

In 1996 a national survey was undertaken of 24 Maori members of the Association of Staff in Tertiary Education in New Zealand. It followed an earlier study and sought to investigate further the workloads of Maori staff members and related issues. The research process gave fundamental priority to ensuring culturally appropriate research practices.…