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Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1974
With the new development in instructional techniques and styles, the quantification and description of faculty workload becomes increasingly more difficulty. At the Hawaiian community colleges, certain changes were made in the methodology of computing FTE for students and faculty, and average class size. They divided the total student credit hours…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Faculty, Enrollment Trends, State Surveys
Massachusetts State Coll. System, Boston. – 1974
Articles of the agreement cover relationship between the board and the association, use of college facilities, faculty fringe benefits, academic freedom and responsibility, selection of department chairmen, participation in decision making, faculty evaluation, faculty grievance procedures, faculty workload, access to faculty personnel files,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Decision Making
Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI. – 1972
The faculty agreement between the Board of Trustees and the Oakland University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors covers the 1972-73 year. Articles of the agreement include definitions, recognition, work of the bargaining unit, academic ranks and titles, association rights, discipline and discharge, professional…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education
Munson, Ann – 1973
A survey concerning released time for faculty was conducted of all the community colleges in Maryland, Mount Vernon College in Washington, D. C., and Northern Virginia Community College. Practices concerning the following types of released time were investigated: department or division chairman; curriculum development; curriculum coordinator;…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Noninstructional Responsibility
Evans, Charles L. – 1970
This questionnaire attempts to assess teacher opinion about the middle school program. Teachers are to respond anonymously to the thirteen questions by marking the response which they feel is correct, and by writing in their own responses where appropriate. See also TM 000 934 and 935 respectively for a detailed description of the Middle School…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Guidance, Independent Study, Middle Schools
Smith, Holly, Comp. – 1971
This document is an annotated bibliography consisting of 34 entries dealing with research on class size; the research is directed toward finding an optimum class size which would prove favorable not only to administrative and economic concerns but also to the performance of students. Some documents concern themselves with the question of large or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Class Size, Collective Bargaining
Light, Richard U. – 1973
In the early 1950's, economist Beardsley Ruml recommended that colleges and universities bring faculty salaries into comparable categories with other professionals by increasing the student-faculty ratio to twenty to one. Such a suggestion was greeted with enthusiasm from trustees and many administrators, but faculty were totally against the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Administration, Educational Economics, Financial Problems

Bottomley, J. A.; And Others – 1972
The University of Bradford was designated as the target for research directed toward identifying potential economies in the teaching of students under alternative sets of assumptions, in order that action may be taken to secure a more economic use of resources in the higher education sector. Part one looks generally at the nature of university…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Berko, Roy M. – 1972
In this paper the author discusses current practices in speech education courses taught on the junior college level. He examines specific problems that face speech educators who teach in public two-year colleges. The author attributes weakness of speech programs to: (1) inadequate facilities; (2) insufficient full-time staff; (3) oversized…
Descriptors: College Role, Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development

Hesseldenz, Jon S.; Rodgers, Samuel A. – Research in Higher Education, 1976
An investigation of how well the predictor variables of credit hours, student credit hours, contact hours, student contact hours, level of instruction, and academic rank correlate with faculty self-report measures of time-use for each class taught showed that only contact hours were a reliable measure of faculty effort as measured in time for a…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Class Size, College Faculty, Educational Research
Dyer, Colin – Vestes, 1978
The time available to teachers for research is examined in several countries by comparing the availability and conditions of study leave, lengths of vacation, and the number of teaching "contract" hours required of teachers. Some differences exist in actual term time and study leave for research. (SW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Workload, Foreign Countries
Ligon, Jerry A. – American School Board Journal, 1988
Four suggestions are offered for making teachers' first year on the job more than just a test of endurance: provide adequate supplies, make assignments carefully, do not overload them, and provide a support system. (TE)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Morale

Krest, Margie – English Journal, 1987
Noting that English teachers are often overwhelmed by the time they must spend grading papers, claims there is a need to rethink teaching philosophy and suggests specific methods for teaching writing and grading papers based on sound research-based theory. (NH)
Descriptors: Holistic Evaluation, Peer Evaluation, Secondary Education, Teacher Role

Ridgway, Craig S. – English Journal, 1986
Elaborates on directing theater while teaching English. States that working in an unfamiliar field with different students, materials, and skills is difficult, and the opportunity to sacrifice time, energy, and personal life for low pay and a chance to flop are disadvantages. But the academic and personal rewards make the experience worthwhile.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Drama, English Instruction, Extracurricular Activities

Lacy, Annell – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1973
Teacher job satisfaction is affected by a number of factors which can be taken into consideration in planning undergraduate preparation, by school administrators, and to evaluate potential jobs. (MS)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Education Teachers, Financial Support, Fringe Benefits