Offers advice from the upper echelon of females in the training profession: (1) learn the business; (2) get line experience; (3) stop thinking like a trainer; (4) educate executives; (5) partner with the powerful; (6) exceed expectations; (7) develop coping strategies; (8) be realistic; (9) align values; and (10) organize. (JOW)

"Faculty Salary Systems in Independent Schools"(1983) was a study of trends and patterns found in nine independent schools during l982-83. The present document is a follow-up report, based on additional information gathered from seven salary seminars held for representatives of independent schools throughout the United States during…

Eight reasons are given against the use of merit pay for university faculty. The introduction of salary schedules is suggested to eliminate the debates and inequities of merit evaluations. (FG)

Reviews existing collective bargaining relationships in higher education in the United Kingdom, examines pressures for change, identifies issues inhibiting reform of bargaining and pay structures, and considers the impact of inter-union relationships on change in bargaining practices. Focus is on trends since the 1992 restructuring of UK higher…

Discusses opposing positions of Kenyan colonial government and Christian missionaries on the problem of African teachers' salaries during Kenya's colonial period (1925-45). Concludes that the conflict adversely affected the status of the teaching profession and is still manifest today. (LS)

If Australian universities are to be competitive in the global market for college faculty, salaries and career prospects across disciplines and institutions must be improved. Award restructuring will strengthen career structures, but this restructuring must not be limited to lower levels of the profession to be effective. (MSE)

The purpose of this report is to summarize what is known about performance-based pay for teachers in a form useful to state educational policymakers. Section 1 reviews the experience of local education agencies with various forms of merit pay, contending that experience with and evaluations of these merit plans serve as "natural experiments" that…

Describes the events leading up to the conference resolution, provides the text of the resolution itself, explaining the purpose behind each of its statements, and urges teachers to promote the resolution by voting for it at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in March of 1987. (SRT)

The first of these two reports by the Library Faculty Affairs Committee compares the findings of a survey of library faculty salaries at the University of Notre Dame with statistics reported by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)--based on 94 libraries--and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for 1557 libraries, as…

Although women make immense contributions to the economy, their work is largely unacknowledged. International agencies are working toward redressing inequities that exist between work that women do and the remuneration they receive as well as the control they have. (JOW)

Presents the concept that information relates to value just as the information professional relates to salary, and then describes four approaches to understanding what constitutes value in information: intrinsic quality, the effect of cost, a product of supply and demand, or a function of utility. (CLB)

Describes the Individualized Development Program implemented by KLA Instruments Corporation, Santa Clara, California. The program seeks to identify the strengths, shortcomings, and interests of the company's managers. It benefits those whose careers have plateaued as well as managers who have new areas of responsibility. (JOW)

Earnings differences are relatively small between women and men in narrowly defined jobs; however, relatively few women fill the higher levels of these jobs. (Author/JOW)

Discusses the comparable worth theory, which holds that women should receive compensation equal to men's for work requiring similar skills, responsibility, and effort. Reviews the Supreme Court decision in County of Washington v. Gunther, which concerns Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and sex discrimination where jobs are unequal. (Author/RW)

Argues that a cost of education index presented in the winter 1980 issue may create inequities in the treatment of both taxpayers and pupils, mainly because of its evaluation of teacher salary costs. (IRT)