International faculty and their stories are becoming a topic of interest for many academics (Kim et al., 2011). Due to their cultural background, international faculty experience academia differently than their U.S. counterparts. It is becoming crucial to understand international faculty and how their experiences affect their job satisfaction, and…

This framework provides a set of recommendations for postsecondary institutions and employers to support Black learners and workers to build professional social capital. It expands on a related JFF market scan that maps the landscape of nonprofit and social enterprise-led social capital initiatives.

This study examines the sustainability of international branch campuses by applying the "faculty migration" framework (Matier, 1988) from faculty recruitment literature to identify the incentives that influenced American faculty to work at branch campuses in Qatar's Education City. The purpose of this study was to determine the specific…

Presents results of a survey designed to assess impact of faculty shortages on quality of engineering education, determine additional faculty needed to maintain/restore quality to engineering programs, determine increase/decreases of graduate students, and identify engineering areas in which it is difficult to attract faculty. (JN)

To recruit and retain qualified faculty in competition with industry and government, junior colleges have been improving their fringe benefit programs. This study examines the benefits currently available at 389 colleges and shows their order of frequency and their relation to college age, size, and location. The most frequent benefit is the…

In anticipation of teacher shortages in liberal arts disciplines, a study was conducted to investigate how community college administrators in the 19-state Council of North Central Community/Junior College Region planned to recruit faculty in general education disciplines over the next 5 years. In spring 1986, 353 community and junior college…

The end of faculty growth in higher education has led to near panic predictions of aging, highly tenured, more costly, steady-state faculties as the "growth bulge" hired in the 1960's age. This study discusses two models for simulating the behavior over time of indices of faculty health such as average age and salary, annual new hires,…

As the ultimate symbol of excellence, the Nobel Prize has had a tremendous effect on scholars, institutions, and national pride. Topics discussed include: recruitment and fund raising, salaries and other perks, "raids" from other institutions, students seeking out winners, publication declines, etc. (MLW)

In support of its academic programs in the sciences, the University of Texas has recruited noted scientists to its campuses (with substantial salaries and benefits). This support for the sciences includes funds for new equipment and programs. (Author/JN)

As the supply of new PhDs in business has declined in the past decade in the face of increasing demand, the cost of filling vacant faculty lines with qualified professors of business has increased substantially. Because salaries of current faculty members normally fail to keep up with market salaries, when a faculty line is vacated the college…

Aspects dealt with in this overview include: characteristics of the professoriate; recruitment and selection; salaries and fringe benefits; rank, promotion, and tenure; teaching, research, and community service; professorial associations; and the professoriate and politics. (Editor/LBH)

Discusses recruitment and retention of minority faculty and staff, especially Blacks, in higher education. Recommendations for successful employment and retention of minority faculty include a higher education partnership consortium, visiting professorships and faculty exchange programs, provision of housing and other financial benefits, mentoring…

Studies conducted in the University of California system and at the University of Virginia reveal that they have yet to take the necessary steps to diversify their faculties. Financial incentives were recommended to encourage departments to meet hiring goals. (MLW)

Faculty status and tenure for academic librarians are topics of continuous discussion. The rationales for having a tenure system have relevance for librarians but affect librarians differently than they do other faculty. A well-conceived tenure system can enhance a library's vitality and effectiveness, but maintaining the system requires…