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Hendrickson, Robert M.; Lee, Barbara A. – 1983
The major legal issues pertaining to academic employment are examined. Four areas affecting higher education are analyzed in depth: employment practices, equal pay, developing issues under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and financial exigency. In addition, guidelines for evaluating current institutional academic employment practices…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Employment Practices
Moore, Kathryn M.; Amey, Marilyn J. – 1994
This publication is a brief digest of a longer monograph on compensation policies for higher education faculty and the impact of these policies on the professoriate and the higher education enterprise. An early section describes the monograph's treatment of the current financial turbulence in higher education that has caused many institutions to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Economic Impact, Employment Practices
Moore, Kathryn M.; Amey, Marilyn J. – 1993
This monograph takes a detailed look at higher education faculty compensation policies and the role of these policies in improving and preserving the professoriate and the higher education enterprise. A section on compensation structure examines key decision points involved in determining appropriate structures, collective bargaining agreements,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Economic Impact, Employment Practices
Koch, James V. – AAHE Bulletin, 1982
Salary equity issues in higher education are examined with reference to sex discrimination in faculty salaries, the law and its application, judicial deference toward higher education, and the nature of salary equity evidence. The basis for most salary equity studies has been the simple observation that salaries of male professors are generally…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Court Litigation, Court Role, Employment Practices
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2003
With its definitions of individuals' and employers' rights and obligations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a mandate and a statement of our moral and ethical values as a culture. Persons with disabilities and employers must apply ADA's "triple standard" of reasonable accommodations for performing essential job functions…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adults, Affirmative Action
Finlay, Cheryl Schratz; Crosson, Patricia H. – Administrator's Update, 1981
The status of women in higher education administration and strategies for increasing their numbers are considered, based on research studies on women and job structures in higher education, and from information on organizations and programs. General observations based on the studies include the following: women are underrepresented in major…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Selection, Administrators, Affirmative Action