A study surveyed 163 women professors to identify errors they had made that interfered with their ability to gain tenure or promotion and to elicit advice they would offer to others who wished to advance in academia. The mistakes can be summarized as acquiescing to the traditional female role, resisting traditional socialization and internalizing…

Salary data for full-time faculty in 61 selected disciplines at 299 private colleges and universities were obtained through the 1982-1983 National Faculty Salary Survey by Discipline and Rank in Private Colleges and Universities. Information was collected on 9- or 10-month academic year salaries for almost 30,000 full-time faculty members employed…

Clusters of faculty stressors were investigated with attention to how clustered stressors are associated with the professional characteristics of intellectual discipline, rank, and tenure. The relationship of the stressors to the key personal characteristics of age, gender, and marital status was also examined. A total of 80 universities, 40…

The frequency of various teaching strategies used by 144 college faculty were investigated, along with faculty perceptions concerning the importance of selected teaching variables. Differences in perceptions of faculty who differ in rank, teaching experience, and school affiliation within the institution's organizational plan were also assessed.…

Faculty salaries, rank, and tenure at Maryland public universities and colleges are compared to those at selected peer institutions in the United States, based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics' 1981-82 survey "Salaries, Tenure and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty" and 1976-77 reports prepared by…

Conclusions one would make from looking at average faculty salaries in a specific department were compared with those conclusions evolving from a regression analysis of the same salaries. The standard salary study does little more than report the average salary associated with each faculty rank within each department, while a regression study…

Data regarding full-time instructional faculty in Nebraska colleges and universities for 1975-76 and 1978-79 are presented in summary form. Information was taken from Higher Education General Information Survey reports. The following data are included: percentage of full-time instructional faculty, by rank, of the total number of full-time…

A research method used at the Conference of Rectors of Quebec Universities to analyze the structure and level of faculty salaries and to determine salary differential between universities is examined. The method breaks down into two components: the difference between the average salary observed in each institution and the average salary of the…

A 90 PERCENT RESPONSE FROM 143 RANDOMLY SELECTED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SHOWED A HIGH DEGREE OF CONSISTENCY IN THEIR ACADEMIC RANKING OF THE ACCOUNTING TEACHING STAFF. THE STUDY SOUGHT TO DETERMINE (1) THE INSTITUTIONS' POLICIES FOR ADVANCEMENT ABOVE THE RANK OF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, AND (2) WHETHER FACTORS SUCH AS TEACHING EXPERIENCE,…

During the 1971-72 academic year, the status of women faculty at the colleges and universities in Indiana was studied. The four state supported universities and five private colleges in Indiana supplied data for the survey. Data were summarized according to numbers of men and women applying and admitted or enrolling in undergraduate programs;…

A study of career paths of 436 men and 162 women faculty revealed that relatively fewer women than men held full-time positions 10 years after initial appointment or had advanced to a senior position. Due to enrollment trends and competition for promotion, the current imbalance is unlikely to change in the near future. (MSE)

When a large group of nontenured part-time English department faculty were summarily dismissed, a significant segment of the English curriculum was left largely unattended, and other problems arose throughout the institution. (MSE)

The purpose of this study was to explore and discover whether there are any differences in credentials required or preferred for academic library positions which offer faculty status, compared with those which do not include this designation. A content analysis was done using announcements for 451 nationally publicized openings. In the area of…

This volume is intended as a sourcebook on the negotiated terms of faculty work and as a sociological analysis of the restructuring of faculty as a professional workforce. Two overarching issues are addressed: the balance between faculty self-government and managerial flexibility in contracts, and the internal divisions between faculty that are…

The application and selection processes involved in filling a full-time assistant professor position at a small liberal arts college are discussed, as are the results of a survey returned by 64 undergraduate departments that undertook a search for a similar position during the 1995-1996 academic year. The survey involved departments that offered…