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Ben-Zadok, Efraim; Carter, Rosalyn Y. – Higher Education Management, 1998
The State University System of Florida's Teaching Incentive Program remains an undergraduate and quantity-based program, having changed only slightly to accommodate graduate and quality interests. Discussion of the program highlights issues of undergraduate vs. graduate and quantity vs. quality in faculty evaluation, and illustrates that numbers…
Descriptors: Awards, College Administration, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
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Wiegand, Wayne A. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1986
Presents a new framework in which to view the library profession and its system of formal education. The role of the librarian is compared with those of other professionals, especially in terms of differences in status. (CD)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, History
Parer, Michael S., Ed. – 1989
Focusing on the role of the educational developer, the 19 essays in this collection provide a forum for educational developer practitioners: (1) to share their practices and insights; (2) to explore what it means to be an educational developer and instructional designer, and to give some philosophical reflection of the role; and (3) to clarify the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Theories
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Boice, Robert; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Examines the question of whether academic librarians have sufficient time and background to meet the demands of scholarship by writing for publication. The results of a study that compared matched groups of librarians and faculty members in terms of their ability to cope with pressures to publish are discussed. (18 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Ritchie, Sheila – Information and Library Manager, 1987
Compares male and female professional librarians in English public libraries in terms of salaries, employment level, participation in continuing education activities, reasons for taking an extended leave or quitting a job, and respondents' descriptions of an ideal job. (8 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employment Level, Females, Foreign Countries
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Reade, J. G. – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Looks at the historical development of school librarian training in Canada and Great Britain; examines types of institutions with training programs and program content; compares the librarian's role in the two countries and isolates factors that determined those roles; and highlights recent difficulties, developments, and movement toward consensus…
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Developed Nations
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Bailey, Jeffrey G. – Higher Education Management, 1994
A study in a new university investigated the relative importance of six factors (job security/promotion, availability of research resources, contribution to university mission, personal stimulation/challenge, colleague relationship, and professional recognition/development) on research commitment and productivity. Discipline, rank, and gender were…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Attitudes, College Administration, College Faculty