Nearly 4.3 million workers held two jobs or more at the same time in May 1973. Multiple jobholders were 5.1 percent of all employees, about the same as in most years in which surveys were made. Four-fifths of all moonlighters were men. The difference between the multiple jobholding rates of Negro and of white workers was not statistically…

Can women move to the top in marketing and still manage their homemaking roles? Therein, say the authors, lies the challenge todistributive education in the seventies. (Editor)

Summarizes results of surveys among doctorate recipients in psychology on employment status; characteristics of secondary employment; sources of support for graduate training; geographic location after graduation; and employment in academic versus nonacademic settings. Presents results and trends in employment of 1975-1980 doctorate recipients.…

The academic financial reward structure is examined and found to have little conscious design. A redesign is advocated to represent a financial incentive system linked with academic goals and supporting an environment rich in academic freedom, teaching, research, and service in society. (MSE)

Two federal agencies proposed conflict-of-interest guidelines that would require scientists supported by government money to file financial-disclosure forms and universities to review those forms and eliminate conflicts of interest. The National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration proposed the…

Discusses the various types of consulting jobs available to teachers, noting several places to begin seeking positions within the community. The paper offers strategies for approaching companies and organizations and suggests teachers attend educational conferences and meetings to make connections and create networks. (SM)

The University of Cincinnati Department of Internal Medicine instituted a peer review moonlighting committee of residents to design departmental guidelines, document work activities, identify discrepancies, and initiate control policies. Results suggest such a program may help establish mutually acceptable work activity guidelines while…

The incidence and extent of faculty consulting are examined, along with the characteristics of faculty who consult and those who do not, costs and benefits of faculty consulting, the economic status of faculty, and policy considerations. A conceptual framework and historical context are provided that relate consulting and other faculty activities…

Faculty ethics are considered in relation to conflict of interest between academic work and nonacademic consulting jobs, confidentiality of research, the employment of faculty by intelligence agencies, and the need for self-regulation by the academic community. For faculty members who serve as consultants, ethical issues arise concerning the use…

A study of internal medicine residents examined patterns of educational indebtedness, effects on their training and career decisions, frequency with which they begin loan payments during training, extent to which they moonlight and the reasons for doing so, and their opinions about the effects of moonlighting on house staff training. (MSE)

Although about 5 percent of all U.S. workers hold second jobs, 300,000 teachers, or 17 percent of America's 2 million teachers, were employed outside the school system during the school year. Moonlighting adversely affects teacher recruitment, job stress, and teacher efficacy. Changes such as better salaries, merit pay, and productive summer…

Five hypothetical ethical dilemmas involving alumni offices are outlined, and the responses of a number of alumni directors and ethics experts are provided. The scenarios involve administrator travel, valued faculty violating institutional policy on multiple employment, alumni staff members' loyalty to alumni board versus the institution, hiring…

Commercial pressures that affect faculty members and universities are discussed, along with the consequences of these pressures. It is essential that the faculty member be a role model and a practitioner of objectivity. Faculty members with commercially-valuable knowledge can have a greater commitment to the commercial application of their…

The study represents a decade of research on Texas teachers' morale and moonlighting habits. It has been repeated biannually since 1980. The average Texas teacher is a 43 year-old female, making $26,161 salary, married with a working spouse, has a bachelor's degree, is not the major breadwinner, teaches in a suburban district, has 15.4 years of…