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Diepenbrock, Elaine C.; And Others – 1976
Data on full-time tenured, full-time nontenured and part-time faculty at Montgomery College were gathered to determine the ratio of males to females by status and by department and to relate this information to hiring practices, fringe benefits, and teaching loads. Total figures for part- and full-time faculty and credit hours taught were compiled…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Faculty Promotion
Haverford Coll., PA. – 1970
The 1970 edition of the faculty handbook is divided into three areas: (1) duties and privileges of the faculty; (2) financial matters and fringe benefits; and (3) academic procedures. Among the items detailed are faculty meetings; academic council; academic freedom; tenure; teaching load; faculty responsibilities beyond the classroom; appointment…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Standards, Administrative Policy, Ancillary Services
California State Coll., PA. – 1974
Policies and procedures for academic affairs are detailed in the 1974-1975 edition of the faculty handbook. Areas of concern are presented alphabetically and include: absences, academic classification, admissions requirements, advanced standing, appealing grades, curriculum changes, course or college withdrawal, fees, graduate courses and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Policy, Ancillary Services, College Faculty
Wilms, Wellford W.
A study was designed to test the effectiveness of 21 public and 29 proprietary schools in four large metropolitan areas by following 2270 graduates from six large and fast-growing occupational programs into the labor market and assessing their success. Average proprietary instructional costs were 35 percent less than public costs: they…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Statistics, Participant Satisfaction
Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC. Commission on College Geography. – 1968
This report is the result of an intensive analysis of five departments of geography in differing types of institutions: 1) Dartmouth College, an undergraduate liberal arts institution; 2) Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a former teachers college; 3) San Fernando Valley State College, a large, rapidly growing institution with a large intake of…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Degree Requirements, Departments, Educational Counseling
Dowell, Earl H. – Engineering Education, 1987
Reports on a survey of the objective measures of 26 engineering schools. Provides results of the rankings of eight categories, including those pertaining to admission test scores, faculty size, number of students per faculty member, refereed journal articles, and outside sponsored research expenditures by institution and by faculty members. (TW)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Science, Educational Finance, Engineering Education
Gordon, Michael – 2002
This paper examines a number of issues associated with part-time faculty in community colleges. In the area of part-time faculty integration, the author surveyed 28 Florida colleges using an online survey, and received responses from 20, for a response rate of 71.4%. The survey contained five questions: (1) Are adjunct/part-time faculty listed in…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Compensation (Remuneration)
Coleman, Mary Ruth – 2000
A survey was conducted to investigate special education teaching conditions. A total of 246 special education teachers, 158 special education administrators, 110 principles, and 72 regular education teachers responded to survey questions that addressed the availability of appropriate materials, the provision of suitable physical facilities, the…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs
Chatman, Steve – 2000
This study used the restricted access database of the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty to examine faculty workload by academic discipline for full-time regularly appointed teaching and research faculty in public Carnegie research I and II and Doctoral I and II institutions (n=2,056). Data are reported for 14 disciplinary areas…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Chi Square, College Faculty, Correlation
Littrell, J. Harvey – Small School Forum, 1980
Addressing rural school leaders, this article suggests solutions to six common problems regarding curriculum development in small schools: past neglect of comprehensive curriculum studies and resultant teacher apathy; teacher turnover; limited number of teachers per grade or subject area; inadequate time for curriculum work; inadequate financing;…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Administration
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Ginsberg, Rick; Rhodes, Lynn K. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2003
Explored the progress of National Network for Educational Reform-affiliated institutions regarding the work, support, and recognition of university faculty in partner professional development schools. Overall, the amount and nature of faculty work varied considerably across institutions. Provision of formal, systematized teaching load credit or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Nevada Univ. and Community Coll. System, Reno. Office of the Chancellor. – 1997
In fall 1996, the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN) undertook a study of the workload of full-time instructional faculty employed during the semester. Surveys were sent to 1,479.3 full-time equivalent faculty requesting information on the average amount of time per week devoted to teaching, research, and service activities.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Workload
Silvers, Philip J.; Attinasi, Louis C., Jr.; McGregor, Ellen N. – 1998
The Office of Research and Planning at Pima Community College surveyed 15 community colleges from throughout the United States in order to elicit information on the workload and compensation of full-time faculty. The following 10 findings are based on the 12 colleges that provided data in response to the survey: (1) institutions on a semester…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Policy
Tellenback, Sten – 1982
This paper presents a complex causal model of teacher stress based on data received from the responses of 1,466 teachers from Malmo, Sweden to a questionnaire. Also presented is a method for treating the model variables as higher-order factors or higher-order theoretical constructs. The paper's introduction presents a brief review of teacher…
Descriptors: Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mental Health
Bishop, Jerry; And Others – 1986
The effectiveness of the seven-period schedule implemented at a rural high school in southwestern Virginia and the feasibility of extending the system to other high schools were assessed. Topics of study included whether students chose to take additional courses, which courses were selected, problems for students and faculty created by the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Course Selection (Students), Discipline, Extended School Day
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