After finishing her undergraduate degree in English, the author's first employment was in an academic department at her alma mater. At a large public state institution, the salary scale for non-academic appointees was--and remains--woefully low. Knowing that monetary compensation wasn't the source of staff satisfaction, her chairman made a…

Describes features of a new system of compensation, classification, and performance appraisal for employees at Boston College developed by a performance management team at the college in association with outside consultants. (EV)

A discussion of student-employee management in the college admissions office looks at the philosophy underlying student use in this function, employee recruitment and hiring practices, training and compensation, monitoring of student-employee performance, and the personal and professional rewards of working with student employees in this context.…

Examines the impact of federal civil-rights legislation on the ability of Catholic colleges and universities to engage in mission-centered employment in the context of "Ex Corde Ecclesiae," the Papal constitution on higher education. Argues that Catholic schools would not be in violation of this legislation, but instead would be fulfilling…

Discusses use of age-related criteria in hiring/continued employment practices in higher education, focusing on an exception in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act allowing employment-related decisions based on "reasonable factors other than age." The language appears to allow limited use of express age criteria where the employer's…

In this article, the term institutional advancement is used to describe the total program implemented by a college or university to advance the understanding and support of its educational objectives, including public relations activities, alumni programs, fund raising, publications services, and management information systems. (Author/PG)

Attempts to describe institutional salary behavior relative to the AAUP salary scales. The research has found that schools that reported in the AAUP surveys apparently are concerned with keeping the pace of salary grade changes set by the AAUP and thus maintaining or improving their comparative salary status. (Author)

Reports on the convention of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators, including highlights of the presentations: efficiency in management of administrator's time, construction management, and plant employees. (PG)

Early retirement program at Beloit College solves an age-old problem: How to handle teaching ineffectiveness of older faculty members. (Editor)

Discusses the many implications of test usage, from the employer, employee, state, and legal standpoint. (PG)

A 1976 court opinion that federal court is not an appropriate forum for reviewing public agency employment is undermined in a 1983 ruling that a teacher employment contract creates a property right sufficient to raise a claim. This conflicts with established doctrine and creats new uncertainty in public employment contract disputes. (Author/MSE)

As professors of higher education become consultants, they must consider how consulting relationships develop, and the kinds and nature of the relationships. Six types of relationships are described and eight guidelines for creating and maintaining a professional relationship are presented. (MSE)

The sabbatical leave is surveyed by a University of Utah professor concerned with academic and financial planning. The leave plan in effect at that university was assessed by faculty members who were either eligible or had applied for a sabbatical to determine whether the plan was meeting faculty and institutional needs. (Editor/LBH)