Provides background information indicating the need to significantly increase the retention of full-time ethnic minority faculty. Offers suggestions for increasing minority faculty that involve (1) exchange or unilateral programs, (2) industry loan programs, (3) part-time faculty, (4) summer school faculty, (5) retired minority professionals, and…

Proposes several tongue-in-cheek solutions to the problem of finding employment for the 30,000 English majors now on American college and university campuses. (RBW)

Summaries of 12 papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Higher Education at the University of Lancaster, England, September 1972, concerning the student in mass higher education. (PG)

The June 1999 Bett report was a major review of academic staff pay in United Kingdom higher education. This article examines problems with the system of pay determination currently in operation, the background and main proposals of the Bett committee concerning collective bargaining reform, employers' responses to Bett and unions' positions, and…

Discusses the ramifications of recent cases and federal regulations on equal employment opportunity efforts on campus, citing real and potential problem areas. (Editor)

A low-cost program of counseling and referral can reap high financial and humanitarian returns. The Employee Assistance Program at Rochester Institute of Technology is described which offers counseling for financial, alcohol, family, and emotional problems. (Editor/LBH)

A survey of the role and plight of the graduate student. (Editor/IR)

Higher education, in this economic recession, faces the culling out of inadequately qualified professors and accompanying student dissent in determination of faculty competence. (IR)

Highlights some of the more common stressors and difficulties faced by women in academia, particularly those of junior rank, in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service, and outlines effective strategies, including plans for institutions, for overcoming barriers. (SLD)

A survey was conducted by the League for Innovation in the Community College and Johnson County Community College to determine the state of the dental hygiene profession. The study sought the opinions of all dental hygiene program administrators in the United States and Canada regarding the principal concerns facing dental hygiene education and…

Part one of this book on education and youth employment gives extensive data and information on the behavior and attitudes of youth in Sweden, explanations for rising unemployment in that country, the government's policies to combat youth unemployment, and a description of the Swedish educational system. The emergence of the permissive society in…

While administrative personnel in many institutions are interested in specific bargaining techniques or validated grievance procedures, the author suggests that the vast majority need current information about personnel matters before collective bargaining becomes a reality on their campuses. (LBH)

Article analyzes reasons for the spread of collective bargaining in the academic world. (IR)