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Laura G. Ross; Jill O. Lane – Journal of Faculty Development, 2023
This study measures the perceptions of departmental culture from both the adjunct faculty and departmental administrator perspectives. The preparation for this study included the development of a validated survey designed to collect mirrored perception data from both groups. Multiple factors in higher education have led to an overreliance on…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Engleberg, Isa N.; Emanuel, Richard C.; Van Horn, Tasha; Bodary, David L. – Communication Education, 2008
A comprehensive research project conducted by the Community College Section of the National Communication Association (NCA) investigated the status of communication education in U.S. community colleges. Contacts from 290 public community colleges in the U.S. responded to a survey targeting five areas of inquiry: (a) institutional, (b)…
Descriptors: Class Size, Community Colleges, Teacher Qualifications, Teaching Load
Karadima, Oscar – 1986
An analysis of academic activities of college faculty at the eight campuses of Chile's Universidad Tecnica del Estado was conducted. Activities were grouped into seven categories: direct teaching, indirect teaching, research, community services, faculty development, academic administration, and other activities. Following the narrative…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Departments, Educational Responsibility
Dutton, Jeffrey E.; Hutchinson, John – 1982
A procedure for reallocating faculty positions is described that uses credit hour guidelines that are quantitatively established using instructional method as the unit of analysis (rather than academic unit). Formally recognized guidelines for varying instructional methodologies are also applied to actual instructional experiences of academic…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Credits, College Faculty, Departments
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
On February 4, 1922, a request came from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Arizona, The Hon. Elsie Toles, to the Commissioner of Education asking that the Bureau of Education make a survey of the University of Arizona. The invitation was accepted by the Commissioner of Education, who designated E. Parke, R. Kilbe, president of the…
Descriptors: Criticism, Specialists, Governing Boards, Administrator Education
Chatman, Steven P. – 1995
This study uses iterative solution techniques to determine empirically optimal standards for student to faculty ratios by discipline and student level for a group of 11 public, research universities, all of whom were members of the Association of American Universities. One set of benchmark standards was based on four-variable solutions within…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Credits, College Faculty, Departments