Chief academic officers (CAOs) of independent colleges and universities are the principal leaders of their institutions' academic programs. As such, they oversee the core teaching, research, and academic service functions of their colleges and universities. They also often serve as the seconds-in-command of their institutions after the president;…

Statistics on the relative importance of teaching and research were among the findings of a nationwide survey of 2,423 university department chairmen. Some of the findings of the survey on institutional policies covered: the overall faculty, academic rank, tenure systems, limits on tenured faculty, employee benefits, collective bargaining, etc.…

Results of a 1985-1986 salary survey of 515 administrative faculty in baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs are presented. A total of 383 American Association of Colleges of Nursing member schools were surveyed; 177 returned a completed questionnaire. All salary tables supply figures on both an academic and calendar year basis. When there…

Based on data from tax forms, information is given on the 1996-97 institutional expenditures and income, presidential pay (1995-96 and 1996-97), 1996-97 fringe benefits, and pay and benefits of several other administrators at 475 private colleges and universities. (MSE)

Fall 1981 data on the salaries of 480 administrative faculty other than deans in baccalaureate and graduate programs in nursing are presented. Of the 256 schools that supplied data for a previous survey of nursing faculty salaries, 141 participated in the current administrative faculty salaries survey. All salary tables are presented on both an…

In a survey by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), women are shown to hold 2,905 of the 13,638 administrative positions reported by 106 major U.S. public universities--slightly more than 21 percent of the administrators at state and land-grant universities. The median number of women administrators at…