A continuing need for comprehensive and timely information about the public school teachers of the United States led the National Education Association (NEA) Research Division in 1956 to develop the first of a series of surveys and subsequent reports covering various aspects of teachers' professional, family, and civic lives. The NEA has conducted…

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

This 19th annual administrative compensation survey is designed to provide the most comprehensive and timely data available for college and university administrators. The benchmarking resource comparison provides comparison salary data for 170 administrative positions, based on responses from 1,384 institutions. The positions include those in…

This report presents national survey data on approximately 2.8 million staff employed at 8,598 postsecondary institutions in fall 1995 from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The information is presented in tables, with some narrative. Survey findings are summarized in three chapters: an overview of postsecondary education staff,…

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Annual Salary Survey 2003-04 reports salary data for all professional staff working in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries. It is the most comprehensive and thorough guide to current salaries in large U.S. and Canadian academic and research libraries, and is a valuable management and…

This 18th annual administrative compensation survey is designed to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date salary data available for college and university administrators. The benchmarking resource provides comparison salary data for 168 administrative positions found in colleges and universities nationwide, based on responses from over…

Information on the size of the full-time humanities faculty, the proportion of that faculty who took sabbaticals or leaves without pay in recent years, and some of the policies and practices associated with sabbaticals was elicited by a survey of Higher Education Panel members. Usable responses were obtained from 546 colleges and universities, and…

This report presents the results of data in two figures and 22 tables on salaries of full-time instructional faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts; the data were collected through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System for the academic years 1987-88 and 1989-90. The figures show percentage change in average salaries adjusted for…

This report presents salary data for the contract year 1995-96 for full-time instructional faculty on 9- and 10-month and 11- and 12-month contracts at postsecondary institutions in the United States. Analysis of the data shows that: (1) average salaries ranged from $64,540 for full professors to $30,344 for instructors; (2) average salaries of…

Information on trends in the characteristics of faculty at Maryland public institutions of higher education is presented, based primarily on the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) Form 2300.3 (Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty). Five major areas of consideration are as follows: (1) the number…

Information on the earnings as of September 1982 of full-time medical school faculty is presented, based on survey responses from 124 of the 127 fully and provisionally accredited medical schools in the United States. Statistical data are reported on the number of faculty and the total compensation earned in 1982-1983 by degree held, academic…

Information on the earnings as of September 1981 of full-time medical school faculty is presented, based on survey responses from 119 of the 126 fully and provisionally accredited medical schools in the United States. Statistical data are reported on the number of faculty and the total compensation earned in 1981-1982 by degree held, academic…

Information on the earnings as of September 1980 of full-time medical school faculty is presented, based on survey responses from 118 of the 126 fully and provisionally accredited medical schools in the United States. Statistical data are reported on the number of faculty and the total compensation earned in 1980-1981 by degree held, academic…

This report updates information on private schools and provides nationally representative data on private school teachers. Two separate questionnaires were administered, one collecting information on school characteristics from administrators in a nationally representative sample of 1,174 private schools, and the second collecting information from…

A study was conducted to evaluate the career programs at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) (Illinois) through a local follow-up of WRHC career alumni. Alumni who earned 48 or more credit hours during the 1991-92 year in a career major were surveyed. After two mailings and a telephone follow-up, a 73% response rate was achieved. Study findings,…