There are approximately 350,000 full-time college and university professors of varied educational backgrounds distributed among 2,000 institutions differing in size, purpose and level. A college professor spends an average of 12 to 15 hours a week teaching and the remainder of his time preparing lectures, grading papers, keeping records, attending…

Proposals are presented for curriculum improvement in secondary schools. These proposals resulted from a summer workshop on modular scheduling for secondary schools held in Salem, Virginia, and concern the following areas: (1) Team teaching, (2) various sized instructional groups, (3) grouping, (4) teacher load, (5) credits, (6) marking, (7)…

To acquaint the faculty and administrators with the scope and breadth of community college collective bargaining agreements, excerpts of selected topics are reproduced in this document without comment. On each topic two or three excerpts from different agreements are reproduced. The following topics are treated: (1) recognition of the employee…

At a university of about 800 faculty members offering baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate programs a study was conducted to determine the relationships between recommended salary increases and evaluation of performance. Salary increase proposals were submitted for faculty by department chairpersons. Among other items of information, the…

Under job sharing, two people share responsibility for one full-time position. Each person has a permanent, part-time job with salary and fringe benefits prorated according to hours worked. Job sharing has been available in some Bay Area school districts for the last four years. For this preliminary report, nine districts--Alum rock, Fremont,…

This collective bargaining agreement between the Loretto Heights College and the Loretto Heights College Faculty Education Association covers a period from June 1974 to May 1976. Articles included are: (1) academic freedom; (2) tenure; (3) probationary and nontenure faculty; (4) special category faculty; (5) part-time faculty; (6) calendar and…

The overriding reason for this analysis centers on the widespread, but varied, application of student-faculty ratios (SFR) as a contributing factor in determining the faculty budgeting requirements of public and private institutions. A survey was conducted among heads of state budget offices, heads of central administration for university systems,…

This study illustrates an attempt to quantitatively express justification for altering the workloads and compensation for members of the physical education department of Polk Community College (Florida). While equitable workloads can be det4rmined in most other fields because credit hours coincide with an instructor's time in class, the physical…

This document outlines the point-based faculty assignment classification system in effect at Whatcom Community College (Washington). The purpose of the point system is to provide an equitable and flexible means of compensating faculty members based on a system of assigning quantitative values to tasks. Teaching, which includes classroom…

This agreement between Temple University and the Temple Chapter of the American Association of University Professors covers the period July 1, 1973 to June 30, 1976. Articles of the agreement cover recognition, definitions, salaries, fringe benefits, workload, tenure procedures, termination of service of faculty, promotions; appointment,…

The official position on the workload of college teachers of English adopted by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) discusses factors bearing upon the determination of a reasonable teaching schedule. Evaluation of student composition, grading fatigue, class size, conference hours, research, committees, clubs, lectures, and class…

Data included in this publication supplement the descriptive and summary information presented in the 1971 Annual Report and 1972 Annual Report of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System. These data relate to student enrollments, program development and productivity, faculty salaries and teaching loads, campus development,…

This agreement is between the New York Institute of Technology and the Council of Metropolitan and Old Westbury Chapters, American Association of University Professors. The agreement covers salaries, fringe benefits, teaching load, parttime ratio, minisemester, academic freedom, tenure, no strike, grievance and arbitration procedures, institute…

This agreement between the Board of Trustees of Henry Ford Community College and the Henry Ford Community College Federation of Teachers, American Federation of Teachers, Local 1650 covers the period of 1973-1975. Contents of the agreement cover recognition, board of trustee rights, union-board relations, conditions of employment, seniority, the…

This agreement between Williamsport Area Community College and the Williamsport Area Community College Education Association covers the academic year 1972-1973. Articles of the agreement include recognition, check-off, association prerogatives, employer prerogatives, employees' rights, grievance procedure, no strikes or lockouts, access to…