Determined were the educational and professional backgrounds, and some aspects of the operational environment of teachers of secondary school science and mathematics (Grades 7-12) in the public and private schools of the United States during the school year 1960-61. A stratified random sampling method was used to ensure proportional representation…

In charting the future for Massachusetts' public higher education, this agenda points to transfer access for 2-year college graduates and outreach programs for minority and disadvantaged students. The agenda seeks to move the 11 state colleges toward expanded community service and encourages them to cooperate in establishing special learning…

Presented in this document is the agreement between the Board of Trustees of State Colleges and the Boston State College Faculty Federation of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1943, AFL-CIO effective for the period from April 3, 1972 to June 30, 1974. Articles of the agreement cover recognition and definitions, relationship between board…

The results of a survey made of faculty compensation and instructional load policy in junior colleges are presented. A total of 34 community-junior college districts were sent a questionnaire, to which 22 district offices, representing 47 colleges, and 1 college not representing a district replied. Institutions were asked to report the number of…

This agreement between the board of trustees of Schoolcraft Community College District and the Faculty Forum of Schoolcraft College covers the period August 1972-August 1974. Articles of the agreement cover recognition and definitions; board rights; faculty rights and responsibilities; faculty status; faculty load and assignments; department…

Since collective bargaining is a practice that is growing even more rapidly in community colleges than in other areas of higher education, the concepts involved in bargaining and contracts are of particular interest to community colleges. Contracts differ from policies in that contracts require the approval of all parties, who are considered…

The proposed agreement between the Hawaii Federation of College Teachers and the University of Hawaii covers the period 1973-76. Articles of the agreement cover recognition definitions; saving clause; entirety, modification and conflict; consultation; management rights; academic freedom; employment status; grievance procedure; health and safety;…

In this collection, six heads of English departments in different types of secondary schools describe their aims, their methods of teaching and of running departments, and the problems they encountered in their work as English teachers. These department heads, representing three mixed comprehensive schools, two direct grant boys' grammar schools,…

The concerns of first-year home economics teachers were identified on a month-by-month basis in relationship to selected situational factors in the school and community (e.g. class size, number of daily lesson preparations, living conditions, and friends). Number of lesson preparations and reaction to administration were found to be significantly…

Faculty collective bargaining contracts were analyzed at institutions of higher education that had a history of collective bargaining to determine whether contracts negotiated in 1975 significantly differed from those negotiated in 1985 with regard to academic items including employment decisions, teaching load, nonteaching responsibilities,…

Discusses how to manipulate a database to create a spreadsheet which can be used to help decide which teaching areas are understaffed and by how much. Focuses on the use of the Lotus 1-2-3 database statistical functions. (TW)

This paper examines the effect of collective bargaining on several factors known to be determinants of student achievement in the public schools, particularly its effect on the teacher's allocation of time among various activities. (Author/SSH)

Discusses the use of holistic evaluation, the use of rubrics and checklists, peer evaluation, and small group peer evaluation as means of making writing evaluation effective while keeping the paper load manageable. (FL)

Describes the consequence of increasing undergraduate engineering enrollments on undergraduate engineering programs, including heavier teaching loads, reduced research activity, tighter operating budgets, reduced student-faculty contact, use of nonfaculty personnel, fewer requirement and course offerings, and facilities and equipment inadequacies.…

A model is presented that provides a basis for judgments concerning the efficiency of academic staff utilization, the equitable deployment of staff in matrix organizations, the utilization of staff in complex settings such as the professional school, and the assessment of spare, reallocable teaching capacity. (Author/MLW)