To complement a national survey called "High School '77," researchers in 1978-79 conducted indepth field studies of the organization of five high schools. School bureaucracy and procedures and their relationship to instruction, teachers, and school programs were analyzed. The five schools were drawn from village, suburban, urban, and…

An analysis of higher education collective bargaining agreements reveals that the question of faculty productivity is addressed almost exclusively in terms of workload, with the emphasis on efforts that are quantifiable. These workloads are defined in terms of minimums and maximums. Typically each agreement defines in specific terms what the…

THE FIRST OF THE THREE REPORTS ON TEACHING LOADS, A BRIEF STATISTICAL REPORT OF FINDINGS FROM THOMAS WILCOX'S NATIONAL SURVEY OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH, IS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, SIZE OF INSTITUTION, AND KIND OF INSTITUTION. NATIONAL PERCENTAGES AS WELL AS OTHER FACTORS RELATING TO GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND REDUCED…

An 11-step process may be used by freshman composition students to help them write effective prose in a series of clear steps. The steps are: (1) select a topic (for the first assignment, usually a place about which students have strong feelings and vivid remembrances), (2) individually brainstorm the topic, (3) categorize the details that have…

A STUDY OF 168 AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS WHICH ACHIEVE IMPORTANT RESULTS IN ENGLISH WAS CONDUCTED BY FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ENGLISH AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES, INTERVIEWS, AND OBSERVATIONS. THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT CONSIDERS FINDINGS OF THE STUDY RELEVANT TO (1) THE LEADERSHIP AND STAFFING OF ENGLISH…

To determine if the faculty of the Washington State Community College System were being efficiently and effectively utilized, a Legislative Budget Committee auditor selected six community colleges for a detailed review. Data selected for review were (1) individual faculty teaching loads and (2) course offerings. The auditor concluded that faculty…

The current faculty handbook for the University of South Carolina contains information regarding the administrative organization; the faculty organization; regulations and policies regarding personnel including affirmative action, appointments, tenure, leaves, academic freedom, classroom procedures, and normal work schedule and responsibility;…

Agreement was made on the first day of June 1974 by and between the Polytechnic Institute of New York and the American Association of University Professors-Polytechnic Chapter. The administration recognizes the AAUP as the exclusive representative of the employees in the bargaining unit. (Author)

Some decisions faced by a college president making the transition into the milieu of campus unionization are described. The legal prerequisites of collective bargaining on college campuses is reviewed. Inclusion or exclusion of departmental heads as part of the bargaining unit is cited as a crucial matter, and election and negotiation procedures…

This document presents a compilation of abstracts of the various published and unpublished materials written about community college faculty since 1971. The abstracts are divided into eight categories: (1) comprehensive sources, (2) faculty characteristics (personality, attitudes, values, and satisfaction), (3) faculty preparation and staff…

In order to determine the most effective method of administering the cooperative education program at the College of the Mainland (COM) in Texas, the author surveyed community colleges supporting cooperative education under a Title IV grant, conducted interviews of COM faculty and staff, reviewed the literature, and reexamined COM's formal and…

A 12-month report summarizes and evaluates the migrant education programs in the State of Colorado. The booklet contains sections on exemplary programs, number of children served, grade placement, teacher-pupil ratio, interrelationships with the regular Title I program, coordination with other migrant programs, inservice staff training,…

This review examines the import of current trends in higher education on faculty. It includes both a general discussion of forces influencing faculty life styles (with implications for administrators) and a critical review of recent research literature, including studies on such topics as supply and demand, mobility, collective bargaining, and…

This study was designed to determine Canadian teachers' perceptions of work related stress and to assess the degree to which these stressors accounted for overall job stress. Results indicated the factors which most contributed to overall job stress were role overload, relationships with students, work load, and relationships with colleagues.…

In compliance with Public Law 2002, Chapter 27, the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education collects and summarizes data regarding part-time instructional staff at the state's public colleges and universities. This study found that the average course load and compensation of adjunct faculty in each semester differed both within and among the…