As more colleges and universities coordinate institutional research as a support system for long-range planning, new analytical tools become necessary. A system developed in Massachusetts to project the effect of statewide policy alternatives may have wide applicability to other institutions and to multi-institutional planning groups. (Author)

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)

How changing purposes of faculty workload studies have changed the type of data gathered and the techniques for gathering them. (Editor)

Contract clauses on tenure, promotion, salaries, faculty workload, and retrenchment are compared with the national stances of the American Federation of Teachers, American Association of University Professors, and the National Education Association. Conclusion is that national organizational positions are not reliable predictors of individual…

THIS STUDY DESCRIBES A 1960 EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS BY STUDENT LEVEL AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN DETROIT. DIRECT COSTS OF INSTRUCTION WERE DETERMINED BY AMOUNT OF FACULTY TIME DEVOTED TO INSTRUCTION AND REPORTED AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL FACULTY TIME. A COST PER CREDIT HOUR WAS OBTAINED BY STUDENT LEVEL. DATA WAS COMPUTERIZED. COMPUTER…

RECRUITMENT, QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING, AND DUTIES OF TEACHER AIDES ARE DESCRIBED. MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE THOSE THAT FREE THE TEACHER FROM NONTEACHING DUTIES (CLERICAL, LIBRARY, LUNCHROOM SUPERVISION, AND HOME VISITS). HOWEVER, THE USE OF TEACHER AIDES DRAWN FROM THE SAME SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS AS THE PARENTS OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS COULD PROVIDE A…

THE PRESENT CONCERN WITH UPGRADING OF THE DISADVANTAGED IS LISTED AS FOURTH IN A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTIONS, THE OTHERS BEING (1) HORACE MANN'S COMMON SCHOOL, (2) THE KALAMAZOO DECISION, OPENING SECONDARY EDUCATION TO THE MASSES, AND (3) THE G.I. BILL BREAKTHROUGH IN HIGHER EDUCATION AFTER WORLD WAR II. THE PRESENT SITUATION IS…

TO ASCERTAIN THE PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION AND COMPETENCE OF JUNIOR COLLEGE ENGLISH TEACHERS, ANALYZE THE NUMBER AND NATURE OF ENGLISH COURSES BEING OFFERED, AND DETERMINE WHAT CONSTITUTES A TYPICAL ASSIGNMENT FOR BEGINNING TEACHERS, A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO THE DEANS OF INSTRUCTION AT 71 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES. THE DATA PRESENTED ARE…

Most faculty collective bargaining agreements now require supplemental compensation for the performance of any duty that is in addition to what is defined as the normal teaching load for college faculty. Virtually all agreements state very clearly what a basic faculty load is, and all other services are thus defined or designated as overload or…

This agreement is in effect from September 19, 1974 until July 1, 1975. Articles of the agreement cover: academic freedom, selection of deans, annual review of faculty, leaves of absence, faculty load, grievance procedures, salaries, fringe benefits, and faculty appointments. Appendixes include sections covering salaries, fringe benefits, summer…

This agreement, dated 1 September 1973, is effective until 31 August 1975. Articles of the agreement cover: administration-union relationships; academic freedom and responsibility; grievance and arbitration; Academic ranks; appointments; union activity; class size; personnel files; workload; salaries; fringe benefits; tenure and lay-offs; and…

California community colleges assign teaching loads according to district policy. In order to identify prevalent standards for assigning teaching loads, a survey by mail of 102 California community colleges was conducted. Responses were received from 73 institutions (72 percent). Although a survey of the literature reveals that a 15-clock hour…

All liberal arts courses at Macomb County Community College where teacher contact with students exceeded the hours for which students obtained academic credit were examined, and comparisons were made with five neighboring universities and eight neighboring community colleges. Macomb's practice of paying for additional teaching time out of general…

Legislators are increasing their efforts to insure that appropriations are used prudently and productively. State systems of higher education have not escaped this scrutiny. To be effective, such legislative oversight depends upon clear articulation by state-supported activities of its goals and functions. Nevertheless, like other service…

This study examines the structure and scope of collective bargaining in community colleges and the impact of collective bargaining on faculty compensation and working conditions. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) Compensation of faculty at unionized community colleges has increased relative to compensation of faculty at non-union colleges. (2) The…