This research brief highlights data on faculty salaries in colleges and universities, outlines recent trends and their implications, and identifies major sources of data on the subject. Tables provide data on average faculty salaries for 1988-89 by academic rank and institution type (public, church, independent); by gender and academic rank; and…

The U.S. Department of Education collects faculty salary data from all accredited postsecondary institutions. The early-release version of this data is the basis of this report. Data include only public and private not-for-profit degree-granting institutions (3,275 institutions). Only 9/10 month faculty members' salaries are reported unless…

Data from the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99) show that fewer than one-third of all faculty members were tenured in 1998-1999. Some observers anticipate a trend toward a two-tiered system with a shrinking number of tenured faculty members in one group and a mix of part-time and nontenured full-time faculty members in the other.…

Every one of the 20 fastest-growing occupations, as listed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is in the service sector. Nearly all of the 15 million jobs that have been created since the November trough of the 1982 recession have been in the service sector. About half of these jobs pay at least $10 per hour, and those paying minimum wage or…

Using information obtained from the Educational Research Service, this report briefly summarizes in table form the current salaries paid to principals and assistant principals. The information given is similar to that in the January, 1980, report which offered data on salary schedules. Section 1 compares the lowest and highest 1979-80 salaries…

Trends in faculty salaries in Texas are reported, along with some comparisons to national trends. Faculty salaries in Texas universities average 2.1% above 1985-1986 levels but are projected to lag 8.4% below the national average for 1986-1987. Texas' first four faculty ranks (professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and…

This report provides a national overview of patterns of tenure in higher education based on data from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93). This study included information on nearly 900,000 faculty members of whom 595,340 were full-time. All faculty appointments were included regardless of whether faculty members actually…

This report presents findings and recommendations of the California Postsecondary Education Commission concerning compensation for executives of the University of California, California State University, and California community colleges. The report focuses on changes in the policy or compensation levels from 1997-98 to 1998-99 and addresses each…

Using spring 1990 data from Association of Theological Schools' Annual Report Forms, this book provides information on parallel patterns and trends among theological schools for long-range planning and for visiting accreditation teams who seek to monitor a school's progress. The first chapter consists of seven tables describing institutions in…

Tables and text summarize differences and trends in gender differences among full-time non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty. Five tables present data on: (1) change in faculty distribution by gender and tenure status, fall 1975-fall 1993; (2) gender distribution of full-time NTT faculty across types of institutions, fall 1992; (3) percent distribution…

The validity of the notion that welfare receipt is equivalent to "dependency" and work represents "self-sufficiency" was examined in a qualitative study during which 214 recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and 165 low-wage single mothers in 4 U.S. cities were interviewed. The women were contacted…

This report examines data on degrees conferred in the health professions and the absorption of these professionals into the economy. Overall, the number of degrees awarded in the health professions increased by 10 percent between 1984-85 and 1991-92. However, during the same period, the number of degrees conferred in all other fields increased by…

This report reviews and analyzes data and issues affecting the supply and demand for teachers in urban public schools for the past, present, and future. The demography of urban teachers does not match that of students. While students of color made up 74.7 percent of all students in the Great City Schools, teachers of color were only 37.9 percent…

Causes for interest, problems in understanding, cost figures, future problems, and recommendations concerning the cost of health professions education are explored in this excerpt from a presentation on cost issues to the Southern Regional Education Board. Among causes cited for interest in the cost of educating health professionals are concern…

These six bulletins examine various aspects of women's employment in the European Union (EU). In the first bulletin, the different positions of women in the labor markets of the individual EU member countries are demonstrated to mirror the roles of women in each country's family and welfare system. The problems of unemployment and underemployment…