This report provides the results of a study of faculty workloads in the University of Maryland System (UMS) during the 1994-95 academic year. It was found that 19,446 course units were taught by full-time (FT) faculty at degree-granting institutions, an increase of 158 course units from the previous year while the number of FT faculty decreased by…

Examines the plight of the overloaded secondary school foreign language teacher, with examples taken from Indiana statistics, and suggests that the attention of textbook writers and professional organizations be directed toward helping these teachers. (AM)

Faculty productivity at the university level has been of interest throughout much of the 20th century. The 1990s saw a surge of interest in faculty productivity as part of an increasing state emphasis on performance accountability in public higher education. These authors sought to examine on a national level the extent (number of hours worked per…

A study was conducted in order to determine appropriate components for a full-time faculty workload policy at Central Florida Community College (CFCC). A questionnaire was utilized in a survey of 27 CFCC faculty on what should constitute workload, and workload data for fall term 1976-77 were tabulated. The faculty workload policies of other states…

Presents data pertinent to faculty workloads at 66 universities surveyed by the Faculty Council of the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1971. (SL)

Using data collected from 128 two-year and four-year colleges during 1976, this report examines the fringe benefit coverage of part-time faculty members. Reports that part timers who work more than one-half time are more likely to receive fringe benefits than those who work half-time or less. (LRA)

A set of criteria for determining faculty workloads in light of changing roles and responsibilities is presented along with a formula that institutions can use to assess faculty workloads. After introductory material, the first section defines a workload formula as a method of determining the responsibilities a faculty member must carry out in a…

A project was undertaken to devise an improved method for determining the workload generated by each direct instructional, instructional-related, and professional-related activity carried out at Colorado State University and the estimated workload expected of each instructional faculty member. These load factors specifically recognize the input…

Mainstreaming and declining budgets are causing many teachers concern about their workloads. In a survey of Arkansas secondary teachers, the following weighted factors were recommended for inclusion in a workload policy: number of preparations, student ability level, class type and size, course difficulty level, and administrative or cocurricular…

This paper attempts to demonstrate that workloads can be divided into two main components. One component is determined by institutional regulations of collective agreement whereas the second component considers faculty members as free-standing entrepreneurs. Fluctuation of performance in the second component leads to workload inequity. (Author/MLW)

Most faculty collective bargaining agreements now require supplemental compensation for the performance of any duty that is in addition to what is defined as the normal teaching load for college faculty. Virtually all agreements state very clearly what a basic faculty load is, and all other services are thus defined or designated as overload or…

Describes a Faculty Workload Formula developed in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. (SL)

A review of the literature dealing with faculty load in colleges and universities from 1929 reveals that this problem has not been resolved satisfactorily in any institution. Two plans are described for determining assignment loads. (Author/LBH)

A study on a survey of department heads in 25 major universities that examines what department heads perceive to be the component parts in making assignments to faculty is discussed. The importance of evaluating faculty based on effort required rather than on time devoted to given tasks is stressed. (Author/MLW)