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Download full textKoch, James V. – AAHE Bulletin, 1982
Salary equity issues in higher education are examined with reference to sex discrimination in faculty salaries, the law and its application, judicial deference toward higher education, and the nature of salary equity evidence. The basis for most salary equity studies has been the simple observation that salaries of male professors are generally…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Court Litigation, Court Role, Employment Practices
Christal, Melodie E.; Hector, Henry – 1980
Retention rates of professors, associate professors, and assistant professors in the Florida State University System (SUS) for 1977-1978 and 1978-1979 are analyzed. Separate retention rates for each rank by tenure status and age group are presented. The nontenured assistant professors have the lowest retention rates (about 85 percent for both time…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Age Groups, College Faculty, Employment Opportunities
Clark, Shirley M., Ed.; Lewis, Darrell R., Ed. – 1985
Issues concerning faculty career vitality, including institutional policy options and demographic and external pressures, are addressed in 12 chapters. In the first chapter, Shirley M. Clark, Carol M. Boyer, and Mary Corcoran review theoretical and conceptual issues concerning institutional and faculty vitality. The following chapters and authors…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Career Change, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1982
This manual presents information, policies, and practices regarding the administrative organization and management of the New York State Education Department. Each unit of the department is briefly described and its policies and practices outlined. Forms with which department employees should be familiar are included along with names of staff…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, Confidential Records
Wessells, Fred P. – 1980
The history and present legal status of tenure in colleges and universities are considered. The evolution of tenure is traced in conjunction with the role that the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has played since 1915 in the development of tenure and academic freedom in higher education. AAUP has a quasi-legal investigative…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Codes of Ethics, College Faculty, Contracts
McLaughlin, Gerald W.; Spinney, D. L. – 1978
Changes in the composition of faculty with regard to age, tenure status, number of new members, average salary, turnover rate, and percentage of nontenured faculty receiving tenure are of concern to university policy makers. As a result of developments, such as changes in the mandatory retirement age and the limited growth of universities,…
Descriptors: Age, Career Ladders, College Administration, College Faculty
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1978
Various legal issues associated with teacher evaluation and significant court decisions are summarized in this handbook. Three major legal issues are defined: (1) failure of the school district to follow due process when terminating tenured and non-tenured teachers, or when abolishing positions; (2) discrimination in employment and promotion, or…
Descriptors: Bias, Bibliographies, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law
McCarter, W. Ronald; Barnes, Edwin L. – 1978
While small rural colleges have much the same goals as larger institutions, they have fewer resources with which to work, and therefore their management problems are unique. In the areas of staffing, time management, staff development, and recruitment and promotion, the small college can increase management effectiveness. Despite increasing…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Missouri State Dept. of Social Services, Jefferson City. – 1976
The report discusses activities of a first-year project to identify and solve personnel problems in the Family Services Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services. A specific objective of the project was to develop career ladders within Missouri's state government agencies which would increase job satisfaction and worker productivity.…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Job Development, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Greenaway, Harriet; Harding, Alan G. – 1978
Faculty and staff development in higher education is examined from the viewpoint of two surveys on the training of university and polytechnic teachers in Great Britain. The study had two purposes: to investigate whatever policies have emerged from recent efforts at staff development, and to enable other policymakers and program planners to benefit…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation
Spero, Irene K. – 1978
A summary of 21 institutional self-studies concerning government and higher education considers the following areas: equal employment, affirmative action, and nondiscrimination; student affairs (student assistance and the Buckley Amendment); research; and safety and health. Brief excerpts from the institutional reports are presented on these issue…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Affirmative Action, Compliance (Legal), Educational Assessment
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1979
This report discusses teacher organizing, strikes, collective bargaining and negotiations, contract settlements, economic issues, legal developments, and state legislative activities. The first section contains fact sheets and organizing literature from the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). A…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Court Litigation
District of Columbia Univ., Washington, DC. Office of Institutional Research. – 1978
The likely impact of the new mandatory retirement age of 70 on the future financial situation of the University of the District of Columbia was considered. In order to simulate the policy's effect on the 1979-80 university budget and retirement policies, four alternative plans were developed utilizing three groups of personnel (faculty,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Black Colleges, Budgets
ARZIGIAN, SIMON – 1967
A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF THE FEASIBILITY OF COMPUTING COSTS OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING FOR ENLISTED MEN NEEDED TO BRING THEM TO THE "JOURNEYMAN" LEVEL. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING INVOLVES LEARNING OR IMPROVING JOB PERFORMANCE UNDER ACTUAL WORKING CONDITIONS. AT PRESENT THERE IS NO SYSTEM WITHIN THE NAVY TO "COST…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Estimates, Employment Level, Enlisted Personnel
Cresap, McCormick, and Paget, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
Factors of success associated with eight medical school recipients of Financial Distress Grants from the Health Resources Administration were studied. "Factors of success" refers to the effectiveness of actions taken by the medical schools to improve their financial stability. (One school used the funds to maintain accreditation.) The…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
