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Download full textKelly, Diana K. – 1990
This study was conducted to determine the characteristics, qualifications, frustrations, and institutional involvement of part-time faculty at community colleges. The study involved a review of the literature on trends in and statistics on part-time faculty employment; the motivations, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, quality,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development, Full Time Faculty
Dickison, Alexander, Ed.; And Others – 1990
The quality of a two-year college's physics program is determined in part by the quality of preparation and the overall workload of its teachers, along with the provision for adequate budgets, facilities, and support services. The guidelines presented in this booklet were prepared by a task force of the American Association of Physics Teachers…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Science, Educational Facilities, Higher Education
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1987
The purpose of a study conducted by the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCCs) was to examine current policies and practices regarding the use of part-time faculty in the CCCs, faculty characteristics, implications for instructional quality, and policy options. The study involved a review of existing literature; data…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Faculty College Relationship
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1988
This report details a series of specific recommendations aimed at improving the conditions of learning and teaching, teacher preparation and licensure, recruitment and minority recruitment, and accountability in New York State. The necessity of restructuring schools in the state is first discussed. Recommendations are then made in the following…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Teachers
Gardener, Clark Edward – 1986
Questionnaires completed by 374 teachers were used to determine differences in the instructional and noninstructional responsibilities of elementary teachers in very small, small, and medium school districts in Montana. Questions about instructional duties related to number of courses and grade levels taught, pupil/teacher ratio, teacher role in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Multigraded Classes, Noninstructional Responsibility
Reece, Jerald L.; And Others – 1987
This study examines the perceptions of 113 school board members, 119 principals, and 2,028 teachers from 9 states (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming) regarding the preparation of teachers and the availability of professional services as well as education resources. The study also…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Administrator Attitudes, Agency Role
Gades, Robert E.; Dillon, Roy D. – 1982
A study determined the amount of time vocational teachers devote to professional job activities and whether an intensive time management workshop could improve time utilization by vocational teachers. Thirty teachers in each of five vocational areas recorded professional time use in a booklet that was divided into 12 major duty categories and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Faculty Workload, Inservice Teacher Education, Instruction
Buggs, Charles W. – 1949
A survey was undertaken to discover reasons for the failure of the average Negro premedical student to reach the fifteenth percentile on medical aptitude tests. Curriculum offerings, personnel, physical facilities and equipment for administering a premedical program at 15 accredited colleges are examined. In addition, an analysis is provided of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Black Achievement, Black Colleges
Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1981
The statistical data in this report deal with characteristics of the Canadian teaching force that are particularly relevant to the effects of the declining enrollment phenomenon. Emphasis is given to data on class size, full-time or part-time employment status, teaching assignments (single or multi-grade), and languages of instruction in the…
Descriptors: Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Flexible Scheduling
MCCLURKIN, W.D. – 1966
THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED 4,776 HIGH SCHOOLS WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 2,318,449 STUDENTS, 98,805 CLASSROOM TEACHERS, AND 4,658 PRINCIPALS IN 11 SOUTHERN STATES TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SECONDARY PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE REGION. THE INVESTIGATION WAS LIMITED TO OBJECTIVE AND QUANTIFIED DATA ON RECORD IN THE 11 STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Demography, Educational Programs, Educational Quality
Lombardi, John – 1975
The number of part-time faculty in the community college has dramaticallV increased in recent years. The trend to hire more part-time instructors will likely continue, due to the increasing numbers of part-time students, the movement toward off-campus classes in scattered locations, and the growing numbers of unemployed college graduates with…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Faculty Organizations
West Liberty State Coll., WV. – 1975
The 1975 edition of the West Liberty State College faculty handbook outlines the college's general institutional authority within the West Virginia state higher education system including organizational charts for faculty and administration. The academic structure of the college is detailed as policies regarding academic matters including academic…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Policy, Ancillary Services, College Environment
State Univ. of New York, Oneonta. Coll. at Oneonta. – 1974
The State University College at Oneonta is part of the New York State higher education system. The 1974 faculty handbook attempts to present information on those policies, procedures, and offices with which the faculty have to work from day to day. A brief history of the college and its objectives is given along with details of the college…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, College Faculty, Educational Policy
Sam Houston State Univ., Huntsville, TX. – 1972
The faculty handbook published in 1972 offers seven major sections of information: administrative offices, their duties and responsibilities; councils and committees; policies; benefits and services; procedures; use of university premises and facilities; and social and professional opportunities. Specific details are included on academic freedom…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, College Environment, College Faculty
Segalla, Angelo – 1976
The "Presidents' Study" is a collection, classification, and analysis of weekly student contact hours (WSCH) and full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty data gathered from a number of participating California community colleges. The data are treated by various formulae, ratios, and graphs to indicate loads, trends, and costs. Unfortunately,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Indexes
