Concerns about faculty workload in the online environment are a reported deterrent to participation in distance teaching. To date, such concerns have been based primarily on anecdotal evidence rather than empirical research. This paper presents results of a study directly comparing the instructional workload in a turfgrass management course taught…

"Education at a Glance 2011: Highlights" offers a reader-friendly introduction to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) collection of internationally comparable data on education. As the name suggests, it is derived from "Education at a Glance 2011", the OECD's flagship compendium of education…

Courses at a distance already reach close to 20 percent of college students in the United States, and growth rates are significantly higher than those of traditionally taught programs. New offerings seem to be springing up everywhere, and some existing ones are bursting at the seams. Will the number of students taking college courses at a distance…

This study examines factors related to technology use in teaching by university faculty. An EFA analysis of multiple questions of technology use in the classroom found two factors: one loaded with Web use and the second with email use. Therefore, three research questions were asked: What factors explain faculty use of the Web or email? Are these…

Remediation in postsecondary education continues to be an issue that is hotly debated by institutional leaders and state policymakers. The National Center for Education Statistics [The National Center for Education Statistics. (2003). "Remedial education at higher education institutions in fall 2000. PEQIS". Washington, D.C.: U.S.…

Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics 1993 survey of colleges and universities, this report reviews the frequency of part-time employment in higher education in the context of concerns about the culture of the institution and important finance issues. Part-time workers receive a lower pay rate than full-time employees, and…

This booklet provides a succinct survey of studies on stress in relation to teaching, centering around British research. It provides a comprehensive guide to how stress in teaching has been studied and the conclusions reached. Topics covered are: (1) what is stress; (2) what are the causes of stress in teaching; (3) how prevalent is stress in…

The report by the National Assessment of Educational Progress entitled "Poor Writing Performance Blamed on Scant Writing Practice" makes it clear that little progress has been made in the improvement of students' writing. This is true in part because the conditions for teaching writing are unsatisfatory. The time has come to undertake a…

Descriptions are presented of the responsibilities and general workload of the physical education faculty at four institutions of higher education; (1) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (a major research institution); (2) West Virginia University (a regional university); (3) Wittenburg University (a liberal arts institution); and (4)…

While numerous journal articles have praised student broadcast internships as a way for universities to provide "practical" experience rather than just academic training for future jobs, internships are also problematic for students and instructors in many ways. When students work for a particular radio or television station, they learn…

Career planning by new professors is discussed, based on recent studies. Productivity seems to be related to how a professor uses resources, including time. In 1981, work experiences of new education professors, were surveyed with attention to the amount of time they spent working and the kinds of work they did. Six kinds of work were identified:…

Faculty activities having a scholarly or professional quality are examined. Such scholarly work is defined as activities in professional practice that use, to some degree, doctoral research training, applying professional research competencies; this is seen to encompass much more than publication efforts. A list of 80 related activities was…

This publication provides data on day-program full-time faculty teaching loads in the Los Angeles community colleges for the fall semesters 1972 through 1975, compared to total statewide averages, and statewide small college and large college averages, by instructional discipline. Faculty load is computed by dividing weekly student contact hours…

Instructors' perceptions of "professional demand" or workload were investigated. Three levels each of class size, course level, format, and amount of paraprofessional assistance were combined to provide 81 questionnaire items. Results show that few class descriptions are particularly more easy or difficult but that tradeoffs can be made to balance…

To compare diversity among institutions, the Stanford Project on Academic Governance established a typology with eight broad categories. These categories vary systematically on many features: environmental relations, professional task, and institutional complexity. They reflect diverse organizational features and different professional autonomy…