Eighty-three public two-year college collective bargaining contracts and 47 four-year college contracts in 13 states and the District of Columbia were reviewed to examine references to personnel files. Sixty-six (80 percent) of the two-year contracts contained such clauses, as opposed to 23 of the four-year contracts. This paper catalogues the…

A computer-based simulation model is described that can be used in an interactive mode to analyze the effects of alternative hiring, promotion, tenure granting, retirement, and salary policies on faculty size, distribution, and aggregate salary expense. The model was designed to be adequately flexible and comprehensive to incorporate the array of…

This study was designed to collect data concerning the characteristics of the higher education faculty of Pennsylvania. A population of 21,228 teaching faculty in 118 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania were surveyed by means of college catalogs, records of the Pennsylvania Human Rights Commission, and a mail questionnaire. The catalogs…

This handbook was undertaken in response to the needs expressed by the higher education community for a common language--common data categories and definitions--to describe the human resources of postsecondary education institutions, and is intended as a basic guide to help institutions develop analytically useful databases of faculty and staff to…

Describes a system at Florida State for reporting faculty effort, which fulfills and reconciles highly sensitive and mutually opposed federal and state regulations for the use of faculty resources, while meeting deadlines and maintaining accuracy. Highlights problem areas and solutions. (MLW)

Tabular data are presented that classify the employees and colleges and universities in New York state from 1972 through 1976. Definitions are included for occupational activities and program function, or the institutional purpose for which a particular set of employee activities is designed or exists. Categories of occupational activities…

Data on faculty members in the state's 17 public institutions are contained in the report. Tables include information (for institutions collective and individually) on academic rank, highest earned academic degree, years of experience at present institution and in higher education in general, age, sex, average annual salary, and tenure. Faculty of…

The purpose of the study series is to monitor the progress of private colleges and universities regularly and to provide reliable and timely information for the use of government officials, educators, donors, students, faculty, and other persons or groups interested in private higher education. It is based on information gathered from a stratified…

This publication reviews and analyzes the research on issues affecting faculty supply and demand in higher education and looks at how recent research can assess future trends. An introduction describes many researchers' prediction that three trends will soon create a faculty shortage: (1) increasing faculty retirements based on extensive hiring…

The agreement reached between Eastern Michigan University and the Eastern Michigan University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: recognition of agent; grievance procedures; layoff and recall; professional responsibilities of faculty; compensation including…

This report offers an analysis of college faculty supply and demand as well as an evaluation of currently available data on this issue. The report was undertaken in response to three concurrent trends which point to significant faculty shortages beginning in 1995. The report begins with a descriptive overview of current faculty demographics that…

Data on professional and support personnel are presented, arranged according to the variables of institution type, occupational activity, employment status, and sex. Variables for data on faculty are institution type, academic area, sex, and employment status (full-time, part-time, and full-time equivalent). Salary and fringe benefits data are…

Phase I of the Task Force on Temporary Faculty study of the utilization of full- and part-time temporary faculty in the California State University and Colleges (CSUC) is presented. The study, which involved the gathering and analysis of data, the identification of problems--many of them detrimental to faculty morale--and the development of…

This report presents national survey data on approximately 2.8 million staff employed at 8,598 postsecondary institutions in fall 1995 from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The information is presented in tables, with some narrative. Survey findings are summarized in three chapters: an overview of postsecondary education staff,…