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 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…

This report presents selected findings from the Public School District Data File of the 2011-12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public and private K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. School districts associated with public schools and library…

In view of both an improved budget for the 1967-68 biennium at the University of Nebraska and past difficulties in recruiting and retaining faculty members, it was decided to review faculty recruitments for the 1968-69 academic year and determine whether past problems had been resolved. Tables document: distribution of appointed faculty by rank,…

This pamphlet provides information for those who may be interested in working in the junior college field and those in the colleges who are looking for staff for their campuses. Opportunities are plentiful in either the large public colleges, with their diverse student bodies and curricula, or in the smaller independent institutions. Those…

Examines the relationships between organizational characteristics and earnings differences between male and female faculty. Results show that the greater an organization's power and autonomy, the more likely it will exercise discriminatory preferences by hiring more males and paying them higher salaries than females. (Author/JDH)

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)

California's loss of capital gains and stock options revenue during the recent economic downturn was one of the worst in the nation, and the resulting fiscal crisis led to reductions in State appropriations to the University of 15% over the past four years, while enrollments grew by 19%. This article examines the effects of this reduction in State…

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…

This book guides the novitiate (and those who aspire to be professors) through the intricacies of survival and gives much tongue-in-cheek advice on how to be good at professoring. The author explains the mechanics of the hiring process, unique to academia, in which supply greatly exceeds demand, and nobody seems to pay much attention to the matter…

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,…

This paper examines what strategies are employed by the higher education institutions in the face of shortages of faculty members in business schools and engineering and considers whether these strategies can provide some options for elementary-secondary schools facing shortages in mathematics and science teachers. (Author/LMO)