The Martin campus of the University of Tennessee is primarily an instructional unit that recognizes and accepts significant responsibilities for research and public service. The 1974 faculty handbook contains a description of the roles of the university system and the history of the Martin campus and its academic programs as well as its governance…

This report compares findings from faculty surveys conducted as part of the 1987-88 National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty, which is limited to faculty and staff with instructional responsibilities, and the 1992-93 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty, which includes instructional as well as noninstructional faculty. In particular, the report…

Since 1870, the federal government has gathered data about students, teachers, schools, and education funding. The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) annually publishes a statistical report on the status and progress of education in the United States. The "Condition of Education" includes data and…

This study tested a model of career development for assistant professors in higher education which permits inferences about the relationships between scholarly characteristics acquired during the probationary period and the probability of achieving tenure. The probationary period is the time between hiring and evaluation for awarding tenure. The…

This report studies the role of teaching in the faculty reward structure by examining the relationship between faculty activities (teaching and instruction, research and scholarship, administration, public service) and compensation. The study examined the implicit emphases given by academic institutions to various faculty activities. The data…

Because of a serious teacher shortage nationwide, it has become common to find many teachers teaching "out of license"--teaching courses in which they have had few or no college courses. In an attempt to address this problem, New York City has embarked on an innovative program to relicense teachers in mathematics and science to fill the…

The study indentified all K-12 and 1-12 public school districts in the United States enrolling less than 300 students (n=1,414) and those enrolling 301-900 students (n=2,711), collected and analyzed data related to superintendents, school districts, teachers, students, and school programs, and gathered data that might be useful to colleges of…

The 1975 edition of the faculty handbook is divided into major sections covering administrative structure, faculty-administration relationships, faculty compensation and fringe benefits, faculty services, faculty-student responsibilities and relationships, and summer school employment. The university administration is described with regard to the…

The author discusses factors considered on how to become a teacher educator. Most colleges and universities consider the academic alliance of teaching, scholarship, and service to be an interdependent trilogy. Some institutions place more weight on one area than another. In many universities, teaching is the area of emphasis although the other two…

There are few available guidelines to assist those concerned with televised instruction in universities on such matters as ownership of material, control of content, and incentives to faculty. Questions of ownership of recorded material should be resolved, and institutions should be prepared to trade off some of their rights as inducements to…

The Salisbury State College's faculty handbook details the college's history and organization; personnel, academic and administrative policies and procedures; and the college services available to the faculty. (JMF)

General procedures, policies, and services of the university are outlined in the 1975 edition of the handbook. More detailed information in some areas may be found in other university publications, and a complete set of State University System Rules and Regulations is not included. This handbook is organized into the following sections: university…

The academic productivity and financial status of 59 teacher education programs in state universities and land-grant colleges were determined through surveys completed in summer 1979. Data were provided on 210 variables in the major categories of: (1) accredited programs; (2) faculty, faculty load, and salaries; (3) budgets and Full Time…

The 1971 edition of the faculty handbook provides the faculty of Emory University with guidelines to the university policies, procedures, resources, and services. Among the areas outlined are the university organization and government, the board of trustees and university senate; a statement of principles governing faculty relationships, academic…

The handbook approved by the faculty of Franklin College in 1975 presents a description of the basic organization of the college specifically detailing the administrative organization and the faculty organization including their respective responsibilities. Personnel policies and procedures for the faculty are discussed including appointment,…