This report provides an overview of educator supply and demand, educator under/oversupply, projected areas of greatest demand and need, and information regarding retirement of teachers in Illinois. Major findings include the following: there appears to be a sufficient number of qualified teachers, yet there are still a number of unfilled positions…

Retirement options available to institutions are outlined, including early retirement incentives, phased retirement, facilitating consulting opportunities, travel and outplacement services, maintaining community involvement, annuities, and pensions. Suggestions are made for increasing cost-effectiveness and fitting the options to local…

Factors affecting the college faculty labor market now and in the future are examined, including the difficulties of forecasting teacher demand through enrollments and faculty turnover, economic and political conditions, the end of mandatory retirement, immigration issues, need for staffing flexibility, and emerging technology. Early attention to…

This collection of 30 essays on the character, administration, and management of research universities research university emphasizes the perspective of statistics and operations research: The essays are: "A Robust Faculty Planning Model" (Frederick Biedenweg); "Looking Back at Computer Models Employed in the Stanford University…

This is a fictional dialogue intended to honor Jim Kingman and David Leary, both professors of history who retired after long careers at Pasadena City College in California (PCC). The dialogue hypothesizes the observations of both men as they look on the honorary gold plates of previous retirees that decorate the wall of a PCC public dining hall.…

This report looks at age/time-related data for the teaching force in Illinois public schools now and as they are likely to be in the year 2000. The report also includes a description of reentering teachers and an assessment of the current status of, and future need for, administrative/supervisory personnel. The report answers the following…

This is a summary of the main findings and conclusions resulting from a study conducted to estimate the number of new teachers the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) will require to staff its classrooms over the next seven years. The methodology of this study, including the construction of model-to-project requirements, involved analysis…

The environment experienced by many retired faculty is described, and the benefits of a college or center of emeritus faculty are identified. A center of emeritus professors that is recognized as an official entity of a university can help mobilize and encourage retirees to continue their service to the institution and the community. The retirees…

Patterns of attrition from teaching depend on a number of social changes outside of, as well as within, education. Changes in women's reproductive and work lives and changes in the general supply and demand for college-educated workers have affected teacher attrition. Surveys conducted between 1965 and 1970 provided data which were analyzed with…

The Foundation to Assist California Teachers (FACT) is a non-profit organization which owns and operates retirement housing for teachers. To identify the demand for additional retirement housing facilities and explore "shared housing" alternatives, retired women teachers (N=2,740) in California completed a mail questionnaire which assessed: (1)…

The following topics of immediate concern to the American Federation of Teachers are discussed in terms of their current status and future plans for action: (1) federal aid to education; (2) bilingual education; (3) pensions, benefits, and retirement; (4) effective lobbying; (5) civil rights; (6) collective bargaining and union membership; (7)…

Background material on the American Association of University Professors' (AAUP's) annual survey of faculty salary data is summarized. It is pointed out that in 1976, AAUP decided to depend on the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for data collection because both organizations had worked closely for many years, it eliminated…

Based on responses to a questionnaire and interviews with 327 faculty from research universities, liberal arts colleges, a comprehensive university, British universities, and a longitudinal study concerning the transition to retirement, this study examines academic retirement experiences. An introductory chapter gives background information on the…

The dangers to higher education also represent important opportunities for growth and creativity. State level coordinating and governing boards need to examine their leadership responsibilities, the role of new technologies in higher education, and the appropriate response to faculty retirement patterns in the near future. (MSE)

This document provides information on teacher supply and demand in Michigan with comparative tables on data for the United States. Charts and graphs depict l989-1990 hiring practices and describe: (1) follow-up data on teacher education graduates; (2) supply of out-of-state teachers; (3) new teachers hired by category; (4) financing for school…