Findings of a 1980 followup to a 1971 study to determine changes in industrial teacher education programs indicate little acceptance for the term industrial technology; fewer institutions offering majors; instructional personnel and practices remaining stable; and a greater percentage of instructors today having university rather than public…

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…

Elimination of internships as a separate entity will affect the education programs in the departments of obstectrics and gynecology by increasing the faculty teaching time. (Editor/PG)

Presents the results of a survey conducted to determine the teacher workload in institutions of higher education, concluding that over one-third of the English teachers teach too many students or too many courses or both. (RB)

This agreement was made and entered into as of April 9, 1974 by and between Monmouth College, West Long Branch, New Jersey; and the Faculty Association of Monmouth College, a corporation of the state of New Jersey. The agreement is in effect until June 30, 1976. Articles of the agreement include sections covering: academic rank; equal employment;…

This article discusses alternative possibilities to financial problems within funding programs. Areas covered include faculty load, faculty compensation, course additions, and course scheduling. (MJM)

Describes political and economic conditions in English Departments that are being manipulated to the detriment of the writing discipline and the teacher of writing. (DD)

Reports results of interviews of five first-year faculty members to explore their experiences in making transition to their new jobs and the wide variety of problems they encountered in coming to terms with teaching, research, and administration. Conclusions are drawn concerning the development of effective teaching, integration of new members of…

Advocates the simplification of marking papers by using a list of 10 guide numbers given to students before the writing exercises begin. (DF)

Diagnoses the abrogationists'' or those faculty members who habitually deprecate the college administration, other faculty members, and the calibre of the students. (DS)

Discusses a straw-vote study seeking to gather data that would give some indication of the courses in journalism that most instructors find the hardest to teach. (HOD)

Relates the difficulties of part-time faculty, particularly the problem of maintaining a positive attitude and a sense of humor. (RL)

Argues that college faculty, including English teachers, must work to maintain a healthy, whole person in the midst of their maddeningly busy schedules. Outlines the pressures and responsibilities faced by college faculty. (HB)

Reports on the findings of a time budget of a university lecturer for 12 months and challenges the assumption that faculty work only 50.5 hours a week. Increasing bureaucratization of staff-student relationships has reduced the time available for faculty reading and research. (Author/PG)

The third in the series of Faculty Activity Analysis manuals, Interpretation and Uses of Data, suggests and illustrates a variety of faculty activity information display formats and analysis techniques. In addition to presenting a brief overview of the contents of the second manual, Procedures Manual (Manning and Romney 1973), this document…