Many people protest that professors are overpaid for the amount of time that they spend in the actual classroom situation. However, what most people do not realize is that classroom time is not the only time that the professor must devote to his work activities. The typical package of professorial duties would necessarily include: (1) scheduled…

Analyzes the success of a unit system, devised and implemented in the department of History at Princeton University, that recognizes the full complex of functions in allocating faculty time. (Editor)

Author discusses strong case for abolition of time-stressing English A-level examinations and offers alternative of one three-hour paper and a flexible range of examinations. (IR)

Longitudinal data from seven institutions demonstrate the utility of comparative trend analysis of teaching loads. (Editor)

A survey of state government action regarding faculty workload and utilization shows the extent of legislative and executive department concern. (Editor)

Argues that institutional research efforts to ascertain faculty workload will continue to fail because of basic methodological and conceptual fallacies. (Author)

How to shed inefficient institutional weight by forecasting enrollments in various programs and arranging optimum teaching loads, following the lead of Brown University. (Editor)

A questionnaire on faculty work load was sent to the presidents of 57 colleges selected at random except for 3 factors: universities and colleges of the City University of NY were not included; the emphasis was on private institutions; colleges selected were primarily in the south, east and midwest. Of the 39 or 68.4% replies, 35 were from private…

This study of student-faculty ratios was initiated in the Fall of 1968. A survey was conducted of 206 institutions selected according to geographic region, type of fiscal control, highest academic degree offered and institutional size. These factors were also used in analyzing the data. Information was requested on: (1) full-time student-faculty…

This monograph examines methods by which faculty workload studies can be performed. It includes definitions and discussion of activities used in workload assessment, such as instructional time, institutional and public service, personal activities and research, scholarship and creative endeavors. The conclusion indicates that there is a paucity of…

This document presents the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems' (NCHEMS) faculty activity survey instrument and discusses the procedural questions involved in conducting an activity survey. Recommended procedures are given where appropriate. Some of the concerns confronting an institution that is initiating an activity survey…

This document presents tables of student credit hour enrollment, fulltime equivalent (FTE) faculty, the cost of instruction at the University of North Dakota, first semester 1971-72. Tables cover weighted student credit hours and percent change; student credit hour enrollment by level of course; percentage of student credit hour enrollment by…

The study reported on in this document had as its major objective to analyze the costs that the nation incurs in providing college education for its youth. The results of the "Cost of College" study are based on data obtained from 50 4-year colleges. The data include information on revenues and expenditures, faculty, classes, enrollments, average…

Suggests several ways that institutions can help teachers continue with research and scholarly studies, such as: (1) released time for faculty; (2) variable course loads; (3) external funding; (4) government grants; (5) providing adequate library resources; and (6) overcoming the isolation of two-year college faculty from their colleagues. (RAE)