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Ohio University On-Campus Preretirement Education Programs: A Case Study.
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Wooldridge, Charlene – CUPA Journal, 1996
Some practical approaches to implementing preretirement education programs for personnel at public research universities are offered, based on a program developed at Ohio University. Preretirement program goals are to educate employees about the critical components in retirement planning and to provide unbiased and impartial resource information…
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Personnel Management, Program Design
Pay Equity by Committee: A Labor Management Case Study.
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Spang, Sally Dobres – CUPA Journal, 1990
The University of Maine's seven-campus system led a labor-management committee in redefining a job classification and evaluation system for all hourly positions to achieve internal pay equity. The comprehensive change in compensation polity in a unionized environment was possible only by obtaining wide-scale union involvement. (MSE)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Case Studies, College Administration, Committees
Administrative Portfolio: An Alternative Approach for Assessing the Performance of Academic Administrators.
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Hebert, John E.; Meek, Gary E.; Sarhan, Mostafa H. – CUPA Journal, 1998
A rationale is offered for the use of administrative portfolios to evaluate academic-administrator performance. Representative functions, skills, roles, and activities that could be used to define assessment criteria are specified, focusing on the evaluation of department heads at a public university. Items to be included in the administrative…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, College Administration
Emergency Preparedness--Beyond the Written Plan. A Case Study.
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Rozanski, Maryann – CUPA Journal, 1996
A staff development program at California State University at Long Beach trains faculty and other personnel to participate in earthquake-related search and rescue operations on campus if needed. Vendor-trained staff members prepared a campus training program in emergency operations, fire suppression and protection, casualty assessment, urban…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning, Earthquakes
Scaffolding the Ivory Tower: Building Supports for New Faculty to the Academy.
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Johnsrud, Linda K.; Atwater, Christine D. – CUPA Journal, 1993
A study investigated perceived barriers to tenure and retention among 229 faculty (probationary, newly tenured, and leaving the institution) at 1 public research university and to determine differences between men and women. Issues identified by junior faculty led to suggestions for program and policy initiatives to enhance likelihood of faculty…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Entry Workers, Faculty Mobility
Practical Problems and Experiences in the Implementation of an Exempt Job Evaluation System.
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Hannah, Richard L. – CUPA Journal, 1992
This case study examines the structure and use of an exempt job evaluation system at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Discussed are the review committee, evolution of the evaluation process, importance of a position tracking system, qualitative data analysis, and quantitative data analysis. An integrated approach to salary and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Committees, Comparable Worth