Using national survey data, explored the changing roles and personal characteristics of deans of faculties and heads of academic departments in Australian higher education institutions over a 20-year period. Found that the gap between the research record of deans/heads and professors widened and that deans/heads were somewhat less likely to be…

Examines the current demographics of higher education foreign language departments, foreign language faculty workloads (including teaching and advising, professional activities, and service) and foreign language faculty rank-ordering of their professional needs. Implications for faculty development at the department level are discussed. (Author/CB)

Described are programs that will provide a more attractive academic environment. Programs considered a start-up package, salaries and fringe benefits, mentors, team work, career development and planning, services, and staff support. (YP)

While faculty scholarship should be meaningful and of high quality, it must also be shared in writing. Writing about one's scholarly activity helps to order and interpret it and encourages the scholar to do his/her best work. (MSE)

More high schools are experimenting with block schedules to provide longer class periods and decrease faculty workload. Since a Colorado Springs high school adopted the new schedule in 1990, daily attendance, honor roll participation, college enrollments, and earned course credits are all higher. Benefits for schools in Maine, Illinois, Ohio,…

Cautions that the economic woes faced by many colleges involve the risk of losing many graduate programs. Describes a scenario in which primarily research-oriented staff are forced to teach, thus forcing the collapse of graduate programs at all but a few institutions. Discusses a typical workload at many universities and its implications. (PA)

Since Syracuse University (New York) started a campaign to reward teaching, it has entered several related projects, including a national survey on how teaching and research are valued by campus groups, a six-university self-examination of reward systems, and a project asking learned societies to consider a broader view of scholarship. (MSE)

Traditional assumptions about the balance of teaching and research in the college faculty workload, as well as administrative structures and academic support services, are no longer affordable. They must be redesigned to be more cost effective if higher education is to meet the rising demand. (MSE)

Discusses the development of the information science program in the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in relation to the history of the department. Topics discussed include changes in the university library system from a central library to a network of libraries; library automation; government's role; and teaching and research tasks. (nine…

Repeated interviews (n=207) at two large universities suggest that new faculty teach defensively, emphasizing content over student involvement, rarely seek or receive collegial help, and resent teaching as an activity that undermines scholarship. The successful minority quickly sought help and found a workload balance. (Author/MSE)

Analysis of questionnaires returned by 16 of 450 accounting faculty found that (1) experience is inversely related to the amount of effort allocated to research alone and to the aggregate of teaching, research, and service; and (2) a significant positive relationship was found between rank and administrative activity. (SK)

This paper attempts to demonstrate that workloads can be divided into two main components. One component is determined by institutional regulations of collective agreement whereas the second component considers faculty members as free-standing entrepreneurs. Fluctuation of performance in the second component leads to workload inequity. (Author/MLW)

Reviews policies that can encourage greater faculty interest in adopting new technologies from the perspective of faculty and institutional obligations. Suggests that as faculty roles change with regard to technology use, so should compensation and institutional support. (JDI)

According to a recent study, about 43% of women faculty at all college types have never published a journal article, compared to 23% of male counterparts. At universities, the gap narrows only slightly. A number of factors are cited as reasons, including type of faculty assignment, fewer mentors for women, and different approaches to work…

Describes an approach to problem-based learning (PBL) in the pharmacy curriculum that utilizes electronic communications to reduce the personnel costs associated with PBL. Comparison with convention PBL found substantial reduction in personnel time. Discusses application as a supplement to didactic instruction and the method's feasibility for both…