Climbing the ladder of institutional prestige is often promoted by leaders and policymakers in higher education, but there may be trade-offs associated with striving for status. This study examines the impact of Texas's National Research University Fund (NRUF), which uses financial incentives to support institutions' pursuit of prestige, on the…

Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It also investigated the impact of job satisfaction on their professional commitment. To achieve the objectives of the study, quantitative and qualitative methods were used to verify the level of job satisfaction and its impact on professional commitment. To obtain relevant and sufficient data,…

The American workforce is currently experiencing an increased level of diversity in comparison to previous decades due to augmented representation of people of different races, socio-economic backgrounds and genders across sectors (Warner, 2014). However, there is one variable that has remained largely unchanged, the underrepresentation of African…

The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) has published studies on equity and diversity among higher education administrators. They have found that women and ethnic minorities--analyzed separately--continue to face disadvantages regarding representation and pay. They were thus prompted to consider the…

There has been a long-standing concern amongst policymakers, economists, and trade unions over the persistent earnings gap between men and women in the Canadian labour market. Although this gap has narrowed over time, women's average hourly wages still remain about 16% lower than that earned by men. The reasons for this inequality in male and…

Although this is in many ways a good era for women, many things have yet to improve. Women continue to lag behind men with regard to salaries, are under-represented in position of leadership, and still take on greater responsibility for child rearing and family responsibilities. Careers dominated by women tend to be associated with lower salaries…

The SREB Fact Book on Higher Education includes data on the population and economy, enrollment, degrees, student tuition and financial aid, faculty and administrators, revenue and expenditures. With more than 100 tables of detailed information, the Fact Book is one of the nation's most respected and most comprehensive collections of comparative…

This report represents the results of a salary study of the full-time faculty members listed in the Board of Trustees' minutes at the University of Akron. Tentative conclusions suggest: (1) While changes in salaries at the University of Akron over the last several years have generally kept pace with changes in the cost of living, the more recent…

A questionnaire surveyed AAUP member at Akron. Data were collected regarding highest degree attained, primary work activity, academic rank, college or division in which employed, experience in both the primary work activity and in related activities, age, sex and salary. The primary conclusion reached by this study is that a persistent and…

The purpose of this research was to compare and analyze the number, rank, salary, and term of appointment of full-time faculty men and women of the University of Minnesota. The information was analyzed for the following comparisons: (1) the ratio of male/female faculty in the University at each rank and in each college; (2) the mean and median…

In response to needs expressed by the community of higher education institutions, the National Center for Educational Statistics has produced early estimates of a selected group of mean salaries of instructional faculty in institutions of higher education in 1972-73. The number and salaries of male and female instructional staff by rank are of…

The status of faculty women at the University of Denver is reviewed in relation to rank and salary. Inequities in the areas of work and salary based on sex are apparent. Statistical data indicate 7.9% of the professor rank, 14.4% of the associate professor, 17.9% at the assistant professor rank, and 74% of the instructor rank are women. Women…

During the 1971-72 academic year, the status of women faculty at the colleges and universities in Indiana was studied. The four state supported universities and five private colleges in Indiana supplied data for the survey. Data were summarized according to numbers of men and women applying and admitted or enrolling in undergraduate programs;…