Full-time teaching-focused faculty at research universities may hold alternative titles such as Assistant Teaching Professor, Instructor, or Lecturer. We manipulated the title of a fictitious faculty target to investigate how such titles are perceived. Student and lay respondents (N = 317) respected and liked all targets, and their ratings did not…

Researchers in many disciplines work with ranking data. This data type is unique in that it is often deterministic in nature (the ranks of items "k"-1 determine the rank of item "k"), and the difference in a pair of rank scores separated by "k" units is equivalent regardless of the actual values of the two ranks in…

This article reports on a case study that explores the views of four EFL program administrators of a university located in central China about the hiring and workplace situations of foreign English teachers. It was found that the administrators as a whole buy into the conventional pro-nativeness ideology with regard to hiring foreign English…

This study aimed to find out factors that motivate and demotivate EFL teachers in Thai university. The participants were 70 Thai teaching staff at Chulalongkorn University Language Institute in Thailand. A self-completed open-ended and close-ended questionnaire was devised. Then, the scores of rate and responses were compared to investigate the…

Earlier research published in this journal examined factors associated with various forms of job satisfaction among part-time faculty, both at four-year institutions and community colleges. This research forwarded conclusions at odds with popular accounts regarding part-time faculty. Specifically, it was demonstrated that part-time faculty were…

Across OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, governments are having to work with shrinking public budgets while designing policies to make education more effective and responsive to growing demand. The 2011 edition of "Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" enables countries to see themselves in the light of…

In this article we explore the level of job satisfaction and the sources of job dissatisfaction for 210 secondary school teachers in southwest England and compare our results with the results from a similar study published in 1962. Using anonymous questionnaires, we asked 210 secondary teachers in southwest England (63% female) to rate their level…

Data about compensation received by employees in Illinois' 48 Illinois public community colleges are gathered into this report by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Data in this Fiscal Year 2004 Salary Report reflect the census date of October 1, 2003. Data are presented by peer groups with statewide totals. Most of the 25 tables in this…

Comparative data are presented on the earnings of part-and full-time faculty and a discussion is provided of whether the evidence justifies the assertion that part-timers are paid less than proportionally to full-timers. Discussed are the part-time labor market, hiring, and fringe benefits. (LBH)

Based on a survey, college/university faculty salaries, working conditions, workload, and salaries in 10 countries (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, United States, Australia, Japan) are compared and barriers to occupational and geographic mobility are identified. Suggestions are made for fostering academic…

Data on over 4,000 full-time, tenure-track faculty in 4-year colleges and universities were analyzed for the relative importance of teaching, research, administration, and service in determining basic salary. Results showed dominance of the research-oriented salary structure regardless of institution type, professed mission, or discipline.…

"Education at a Glance 2011: Highlights" offers a reader-friendly introduction to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) collection of internationally comparable data on education. As the name suggests, it is derived from "Education at a Glance 2011", the OECD's flagship compendium of education…

Comparative information on faculty salaries, fringe benefits, and related practices, reported in tabular form, comprises this report which covers all New York state community colleges including those where employees have not organized into formal negotiating units. Most items presented deal with contractual provisions, although some represent…

A study of working conditions of black and white faculty (n=138) at all English-language, historically-white universities in South Africa found no differences by race or gender in ratings of the importance of routine employee and faculty fringe benefits. However, interviews revealed subtle distinctions. Attitudes toward various workload activities…

In the 2007 Legislative Session, House Bill 384 (HB 384) directed the New Mexico Higher Education Department to produce an Annual Accountability Report in collaboration with each public postsecondary educational institution in the state of New Mexico. The report contains information pertaining to: (1) faculty compensation and benefits practices;…