Departments are characterized according to the heterogeneity of the faculty's research interests. The study examines the extent to which department performance and satisfaction are related to the heterogeneity of the faculty. ACE rating, teaching effectiveness, and faculty satisfaction with five facets of the department are employed as criteria.…

This paper analyzes the decisions and experiences of 52 academics from four universities who agreed to retire early because of increased annulities or substantial lump-sum severance payments. Only one respondent was dissatisfied with his decision to retire early; 73 percent were very satisfied. (Author)

The Internal Research Program at the University of Bremen is a young university's approach to the strategic planning and development of its research capacity and its faculty by providing incentives for faculty to undertake short-term research and development projects supported by institutional funds. (MSE)

Ethical issues in the professional life of faculty are discussed briefly: conduct of research, intellectual property rights, bias in instruction, student-teacher relationships, student assessment, responsibility to the institution and to colleagues, and responsibility to the community outside the institution. (MSE)

The model described here details the research proposal, recruitment of students, formation of the team, research process, and the benefits to students and faculty. (SK)

This study investigates educational research productivity in institutions of higher education in the United States based on contributions to American Educational Research Association annual meetings and 14 leading educational research journals over a seven-year period: 1975-1981. Data were analyzed along two dimensions: total productivity and…

Research mentoring during team projects can benefit nursing students, junior faculty, and senior researchers. Key factors for research mentoring include setting clear project goals, defining expectations for proteges, establishing and maintaining good team communication, and sharing values about nursing and research. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

Faculty members mindful of the ticking tenure and promotion clock seek ways to balance the competing and sometimes overwhelming demands of research, teaching, and service. One way to balance these demands is to find opportunities for collaboration with colleagues, especially in the area of research. There are several compelling reasons to pursue…

Because Scientists in doctoral-granting departments have considerable autonomy in their work and significant impact in basic science as well as the training of students, the organization of work among this group is especially important in the study of higher education. This article addresses the effects upon publication productivity of "whom"…

University faculty members were asked to rate the overall desirability of a number of descriptions of student behavior. Results indicated that some important differences exist among colleges within a large university with respect to the student behavior valued by faculty. (Author)

In conjunction with a comprehensive faculty questionnaire, a sample of University of Southern California faculty were asked about their experiences with, attitudes toward, and opinions regarding multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research programs. One-third of the faculty reported experience with both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary…

This study surveyed student and faculty opinion about the university grading system. The results show discontent with the system, but a feeling that some type of grading is probably necessary. Students disagreed that faculty collect enough information for grading; students did not believe faculty were too lenient in grading, but many faculty…

Selected characteristics of full-time faculty employed at the University of Virginia during the fall of 1972 are included in this report. The characteristics described included sex, age, institution from which highest degree was obtained, number of years since taking the highest degree, level of highest degree, and years of experience. (MJM)

This document reports demographic information about mentors, the faculty of Empire State College (ESC), a new, nontraditional college without a campus of the State University of New York. Results show ESC mentors statistically like any faculty, though perhaps more oriented to private education than most state college faculties and more varied in…

This study determines the preferences of college teachers for the associative, replicative, interpretive, and applicative uses of knowledge. Those preferences are seen as inputs to t curriculum development system and their relationship to outputs, curriculum and instruction decisions, are shown. Adherents of the generalist (associative and…