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Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2010
A handful of districts, some with the approval of their local teachers' unions, are experimenting with alternatives to the fundamental components that govern teachers' base-pay raises. Ranging from a long-standing plan in Eagle County, Colorado, to a contract ratified earlier this year by teachers in the Pittsburgh district, the systems tie raises…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Teacher Effectiveness, Compensation (Remuneration), Personnel Policy
Durham, Rachel E.; Westlund, Erik – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2011
Earning a college degree increases a person's life outcomes in income, employment, health, and quality of life. The average person with a bachelor's degree earns almost twice as much as a high school graduate and nearly triple that of someone who did not finish high school. The unemployment rate for people with bachelor's degrees is about…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Carson, Cristi, Ed. – Online Submission, 2012
The NEAIR (North East Association for Institutional Research) 2012 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Bethesda, Maryland conference. Papers in this document include: (1) Can a Marketing Campaign Increase Response Rates to Online Course Evaluations? (Kimberly Puhala); (2) Developing Community College Peer…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Marketing, Course Evaluation, Response Rates (Questionnaires)
Moorehead, Daniel L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The growing use of part-time, non-tenure track faculty in higher education has become a nationwide phenomenon. The college-teaching part-time instructor is one who is working for low pay, has little job security, and has few benefits. College part-time instructors' employment is in a contingent state. They do not have the job protection provided…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Higher Education, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty
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Palmer, Robert T.; Griffin, Kimberly A. – Negro Educational Review, 2009
Although ambiguity exists regarding how states must respond to the mandates of Fordice to dismantle dual systems of education in previously segregated states, several scholars note Fordice should manifest itself in the enhancement of public Black colleges. Responding to Fordice, the state of Maryland entered into an agreement with the Office of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Institutional Research, Black Colleges, Desegregation Plans
Conley, David T.; Rooney, Kathryn C. – Educational Policy Improvement Center (NJ1), 2007
The goal of this study was to determine the level of educational expenditure necessary to make ample provision for the education of all students, providing all students with the skills to meet long-term academic standards, pursue additional learning beyond high school, and become productive citizens and contributing members of society. This study…
Descriptors: Evidence, Expenditures, Expenditure per Student, Intervention