Data about compensation received by employees in Illinois' 48 Illinois public community colleges are gathered by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Data in the Fiscal Year 2005 Salary Report reflect the census date of October 1, 2004. Data are presented by peer groups with statewide totals. Most of the 25 tables in this report contain…

Since its inception in 1974, the Staff Development Program at Oakton Community College (Illinois) has been responsible for over 44 seminars, workshops, mini-courses, and guest speakers. Initially, modules (as given workshops are called) were generated by and for faculty alone. In fall 1975, however, the Staff Development Program became operational…

Examines racial composition and job segregation among current and recently hired employees of U.S. four-year colleges and universities. Highlights the role of local black populations in black representation at all employment levels and shows smaller effects of institutional factors that help curb discrimination: large size, formalization, public…

In the fall of 1975, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) sponsored a workshop on planning for staff development, attended by four-person teams from each of 12 two-year colleges in the South. The task of each team was to develop a plan of staff development for its institution, and, on return to the home campus, to refine the plan and begin…

This report provides a descriptive overview of nonteaching employees in higher education institutions. The data for the report comes from the 1993 Fall Staff Survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) produced by the National Center for Education Statistics. The nonteaching staff at higher education institutions includes…

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…

Describes a Memphis State University program in which faculty and staff are given inservice training in personal computing. Course subject matter content is outlined and results of a survey of the course's first participants are discussed, including most and least valuable seminar factors, and uses made of what was learned. (Author/MBR)

The main section of this directory is an alphabetical listing of the 301 colleges and universities with faculty collective bargaining agents, 218 of which have contracts. Each is identified as public or private, two- or four-year, and the bargaining affiliate (e.g. American Association of University Professors, National Education Association) is…

This document is one of five manuals designed to improve management practices in Ohio two-year colleges. A chapter on organizing for personnel management discusses basic personnel functions, roles and responsibilities of administrators, and the need for a central statewide office of personnel affairs. A chapter on planning, policies, and…

Faculty, staff, and administrators of the three campuses and central administration of Montgomery College are described in terms of their sex, racial group, residence, and salary levels. In addition, the profile of faculty members includes their years of service, age, rank and sex in each discipline, tenure, length of contract, academic…

During the spring of 1974, 2,048 employees at the University of Illinois (976 at Urbana-Champaign, 490 at Chicago Circle, and 582 at Medical Center) were surveyed by mail and telephone to determine their degree of satisfaction with a number of job-related factors. Academic and nonacademic groups were represented. The results indicated that there…

An approach to evaluating the department secretarial staff on attitude, initiative, and motivation also has the objective of enhancing the relationship between staff and faculty. It has two unique features: (1) staff are evaluated by all supervisors (faculty) to whom they are responsible, and (2) each faculty member is evaluated by each staff…

This report provides a set of time-series data on the participation of women in the Ontario (Canada) university system from 1986-87 to 1995-96. It includes data on: (1) student applications, noting that the number of applicants has increased from 49.8 percent in 1986 to 53.3 percent in 1995; (2) student enrollment and participation, noting that…

The literature concerning the work experience of faculty members, administrators, and clerical and support staff is reviewed. The experience of these employee groups is examined in relation to: the characteristics of their work and work environment, the extent of their autonomy and power, and their relationship to their institution. In addition,…

A report on the condition of the independent sector of American higher education systematically analyzes the fiscal condition of these institutions in terms of their ability to maintain the integrity and quality of their programs. The report is based on information gathered from a representative sample of 135 independent, non-profit, accredited…