According to data from the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey (56,000 public and 1,500 private school teachers), those in districts with merit pay are not demoralized or hostile toward it. Teachers of disadvantaged and low achieving students support it. Private school teachers favor it more than public school teachers do. (SK)

Describes the challenges and elements of satisfaction in academic medicine. Proposes a model of academic faculty satisfaction which postulates that organizational, job-related, and personal factors combine to develop self-knowledge, social knowledge, and satisfaction with outcomes of productivity, retention, and learner-patient satisfaction. (DB)

Takes a general look at mergers between universities and colleges, considering the reason to merge, the strategies for merging, and issues involved in merging. Reviews a particular case in point, the merger of Eastern Montana College-Montana State University, and weighs both the positive and negative results of that merger. (TB)

Members of Teaching K-8's staff describe their visit to Brigantine Elementary School in Brigantine, NJ, where they were introduced to so many outstanding educators and enthusiastic volunteers that they wondered whether this was the "perfect school." Acknowledging that the school has some flaws, the Teaching K-8 staff note that Brigantine…

It has been suggested since the early 80's that America's public schools are not meeting the needs of America's citizenry and that the schools are in need of repair. This paper describes a study conducted at Neville High School (Louisiana) in 1996-1997 and designed to examine the effects of facility renovation on faculty morale. Data collection…

Teacher morale is based on the teacher's self-esteem. Teachers who feel appreciated, important to the realization of organizational goals, professionally and intellectually capable of contributing to organizational outcomes, and accepted as competent by their supervisors have the high self- esteem needed for good morale. To develop confidence in…

Based on data gathered from June 1982 to June 1983 from four urban elementary schools in the northeastern United States, this paper explores both the potential impact of organizational factors on teachers' felt-stress and the potential of strategies aimed at alleviating such stress. The schools functioned respectively as a control site, an…

Describes a program in which members of the student personnel staff at a midwestern university gather every two weeks for a "brown bag luncheon." There is no formalized agenda and attendance is completely voluntary yet staff members can informally discuss issues of concern. (Author/HMV)

Condensed from "Midland Schools, Volume 83 (January-February 1969), 26-29.

A questionnaire was developed to measure faculty morale and was administered to all full-time faculty members (N=51) at a community college. The form developed consisted of three sections: (1) a list of 36 positive and 36 negative hypothetical experiences which the faculty member checked if he/she had experienced the incident described in the…

This study investigated the morale of 84.5 per cent of 223 randomly selected North Carolina Community College faculty. The study's objectives were to: (1) determine whether differences in morale existed when faculty members were grouped according to type of faculty position (vocational, technical, college transfer), sex, age, total number of years…

This book summarizes and reports on a questionnaire mailed to high school teachers all over the nation during the spring of 1971. Confidential replies were requested to 58 agree-disagree questions and to four open-end questions such as: 1) what really goes on in high schools today; 2) what teachers privately think of their students; 3) what…

Analyzes the causes of poor self-conceptualizations by junior high/middle school teachers. (DD)

It is essential for administrators to reinforce good teaching, especially the encouragement of collegiality, pride, and a willingness to work harder. Outlines 12 tips to consider when praising teachers. (MD)

Results of a survey of 2,219 regular and 332 resource/special education elementary teachers in New South Wales, Australia, revealed that teachers' attitudes toward the integration of individual disabled children reflect lack of confidence both in their own instructional skills and in the quality of support personnel provided to them. (Author/JW)