This article discusses a model which defines factors influencing teacher employment interview outcomes and suggests specific instructional methods to prepare new teachers for the job interview. (IAH)

The European Common Market is striving toward harmonization of its member countries in many aspects of their laws. Explains some of the recent developments in the European Common Market law and practice affecting education, particularly those that have taken place in Britain. (MLF)

The employment experience of participants in the Empire State Scholarship/Fellowship program are discussed. It was found that many individuals certified to teach science have encountered difficulty in obtaining employment and that the concern about the quantity of science teachers needed in the 1990s is perhaps unwarranted. (KR)

Presents a discussion one year after the author received a tenure-track job. Describes the strategies and tactics that made his search a success. Addresses the period after graduate students have defended their thesis and are searching for a full-time academic job. Notes that the time after his defense was chaotic, bewildering, but invaluable for…

It's not hard to understand why college and university professors might worry about trends in faculty compensation. It may be more difficult, however, to see why those outside higher education should share this concern. But they should. In 2005-06, average faculty salaries increased by less than the inflation rate for the second consecutive year,…

This scripted dialogue is a fully documented story about the history and conditions of one group of post-secondary teachers of English. The narrative focuses on the proposal of this group of "permanent" temporary writing instructors from Western Illinois University to convince administrators to change their status to tenure track by…

This article examines the economic view of tenure as a put option for future faculty services. Tenure is described as a financial contract which universities have agreed to write and professors have agreed to accept in lieu of higher current wages. The economic perspective suggests the riskiness of a faculty member's total income stream is an…

While corporations have been offering early retirement to their employees for a number of years, universities and colleges have only recently used such programs to create change. This survey was conducted to determine how professors are faring as relative newcomers to early retirement programs. Questionnaires were mailed to 159 colleges and…

The court decision of the Bloomfield College case concerning dismissals and abolition of tenure is presented with an explanatory introduction. (PG)

Discusses how the universities' capacity for change is limited by security of tenure. (Editor)

In April, 1981, a survey was distributed to state agencies responsible for teacher certification and placement in each of the states and territories (District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). This document reflects the status of placement services (for elementary, secondary, and higher education levels) in each of the respective…

This agreement between the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the Council of Chapters of the American Association of University Professors at the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is effective from June 8, 1973 to June 30, 1975. Contained in the agreement are articles covering policy statements, grievance procedures,…

From a survey designed to determine the current practices involved in faculty tenure and contract systems at colleges and universities throughout the U.S., it is estimated that 94.7% of faculty members work in institutions that have tenure systems. It is further determined that personnel practices in most institutions with tenure systems are…