Describes some of the activities of a one-day stress workshop for teachers conducted by Joseph A. Artesi at a New Jersey high school. A short insert on teacher burnout is appended. (SJL)

A questionnaire survey of beginning and new-to-district teachers in a large school district studied use of self-selected mentors. Teachers indicated they did self-select mentors, generally from the same area or grade level. Most needed mentors to provide information on policy and procedures. All perceived the experience as valuable. (SM)

Offers a critical distinction between scholarship and research. Notes how George Vaughan urges community colleges to support and reward scholarship. Comments that excellence in teaching and therefore excellence in learning happen only when faculty and staff are engaged in their fields and supported in their daily work. (SG)

Teacher unions are increasingly perceived as principal stakeholders in determining the overall effectiveness of school systems. This paper presents findings of a study that explored how teacher union leaders construct meaning about teachers' self-interests and education interests. Data were collected through interviews with 18 teacher union…

The National Education Association (NEA) provides traditional education services to its members but also emphasizes political action and secures employment rights for teachers. (Author/PG)

Probes tenure, tenure guarantees, union protests, affirmative action, early retirement, ideal steady-state faculty mix, and their implications for higher education. (PG)

Examines population data and their implications for higher education, such as steady-state staffing and a rise in continuing education. (Editor/PG)

Reports the major issues examined at the annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). These included the deteriorating economic status of university professors, the role and activities of AAUP, academic freedom and tenure, and collective bargaining by faculty members. (JR)

Presented in this paper is an outline of the policy at Evergreen State College concerning faculty evaluation, faculty reappointment or nonreappointment, and program review and institutional self-study. Within the policy is the belief that the principles governing academic freedom and faculty responsibility at Evergreen must apply to all members of…

This survey of faculty tenure and contract systems was conducted during August 1974 as a followup to an earlier Higher Education Panel survey of institutional policies and practices affecting faculty employment. A survey questionnaire mailed to the entire membership of the Higher Education Panel (644 institutions) received a 91 percent response…

This study was undertaken to determine the information that experience has shown is legally necessary for tenure policies, and to establish a model that would permit adaptation to local conditions. A study, analysis, and summary of the concept of instructor tenure is offered as it pertains to public elementary schools, secondary school systems,…

The first state laws concerning public employees in general were passed as early as 1959. The first law covering postsecondary teaching personnel was the 1965 Michigan law. Twenty states currently have some form of formal statute that covers employees in postsecondary institutions. However, in several states the provisions do not cover teaching…

This document presents the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems' (NCHEMS) faculty activity survey instrument and discusses the procedural questions involved in conducting an activity survey. Recommended procedures are given where appropriate. Some of the concerns confronting an institution that is initiating an activity survey…

This study examines several tenure trends, their relation to other current issues in higher education, the problem of supporting tenure trends in the future, and several solutions to resolve the current tenure crisis including another viable basis for analyzing tenure data. Some of the more reliable position indicators of tenure trends are…

This report reviews and analyzes court cases to determine the types of injuries to teachers and other school personnel that might be compensable under workmen's compensation laws. The author identifies certain injuries suffered by public school personnel "arising out of or in the course of employment." Other types of cases that deal with…