Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure of the American Association of University Professors reports on the year's cases. (PG)

One way of viewing a school unit is to assess the opportunities for personal growth toward positive mental health it provides the classroom teacher. (Author)

The remedy for school personnel who drink too much is not dismissal but an understanding examination of the problem and encouragement to get help under the rules that apply for sick leave and medical insurance coverage. (Author/MLF)

Describes the Scholars at Risk Network, which brings together faculty, administrators, and institutions to rescue foreign scholars facing hostile regimes by arranging temporary visits for them at network institutions. Offers examples of scholars helped by the network. (EV)

When preservice teachers graduate and obtain their first teaching position, it is hoped that they have taken the first step on a creative path toward becoming professional educators. Naturally, it is expected that these novice educators will get support from both experienced colleagues and administrators, who often serve as their mentors. Such…

The situation of the lecturers in the English Department at the University of Nevada Reno (UNR) is relevant to discussions of the conference on College Composition and Communication's Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing. A "second-tier" solution was implemented in 1981, and in 1993 the…

To arrive at an equitable teaching load policy, the percentage of load allotted to each course should be identified. In addition, a table of appropriate basic class sizes should be designed so that unusual class sizes can be quantified and caculated into the percentage of load assigned for each course. (DC)

Proceedings of a conference on policy issues pertinent to the design and implementation of teacher incentive plans are presented in this report. Seven papers and reactions to them are presented, which include discussions on the definition and importance of teacher incentives, job redesign and its organizational impacts, constraint and variety…

The methodology is provided for individual faculty members, colleges, and/or college systems to examine past and present faculty salaries or salary ranges in terms of constant dollars adjusted for the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The procedure for calculating present salaries in terms of constant dollars is cited as follows: (1) graph nominal…

The statement provides guiding principles designed to help Texas colleges and universities in evaluating the conditions of academic freedom, tenure, and responsibility that prevail on each campus. It suggests that faculty members should be free to pursue scholarly inquiry, and to voice and publish conclusions without institutional restriction or…

Schools have a major contribution to make in the area of mental health and have a responsibility to develop programs of a positive nature which will provide favorable grounds for the emergence of mentally healthy individuals. Schools cannot prevent all emotional disorders, neither can they correct all those which come to them. Public opinion and…

The principal papers presented at this conference were as follows: (1) "We've Come a Long Way, Baby" by Thomas F. Stark, (2) "Hey! Who Runs This Show?" by Clair T. Blikre, and (3) "Bargaining Allows Teachers to Teach!" by Ralph Chesebrough. The background, purposes and activities of the Iron Range Institute are described. The appendix, Career…

This document presents the agreement between the Rhode Island Board of Regents and the University of Rhode Island American Association of University Professors. Articles of the agreement cover recognition; management rights; the university manual; department chairmen; nondiscrimination clause; consultation with president and commissioner; fringe…