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Download full textSorcinelli, Mary Deane – 1986
Views of 112 college faculty about sabbaticals and leaves were studied at Indiana University. Attention was focused on: the extent to which sabbaticals and leaves were important to faculty careers and the benefits of these opportunities; factors that constrain professional growth; and the university's role in providing opportunities that…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Faculty Promotion
Peer reviewedSchreiner-Robles, Rebecca; Germann, Malcolm – RQ, 1989
Describes a survey of reference-bibliographers at 21 medium sized academic libraries that examined workload in terms of daily activities, committee work, and publication responsibilities. The need for further research to determine the impact of reference-bibliographer workload on the quality of library services is emphasized. The questionnaire…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Committees, Employee Responsibility, Higher Education
Edwards, Karlene K.; Schon, Isabel – School Library Media Quarterly, 1986
Reports results of study which investigated kinds of professional development activities engaged in by school library media specialists. Values and types of professional development activities, amount of input to district library media policy, release time provided, and other factors influencing professional development activities are noted.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians, Media Specialists
Zabel, Diane, Comp.; And Others – 1992
This report presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members about the current climate and practices regarding flexible work arrangements. Data are reported on the availability of schedule flexibility, job exchange, part-time arrangements, and leaves, as well as information about faculty status, tenure,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Flexible Working Hours, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Seppanen, Loretta – 1990
In response to reduced state funding for faculty development in community colleges in Washington, the Faculty Association of Community Colleges and the State Board for Community College Education established a special committee in 1989 to make recommendations to enhance faculty development efforts at the 27 community colleges statewide. To…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development
Eble, Kenneth E.; McKeachie, Wilbert J. – 1985
Faculty development programs in different types of colleges are considered, along with support of faculty development by private foundations, including the Bush Foundation's Faculty Development Program. The evolution of faculty development in institutions in the United States is traced, with emphasis on efforts in the last 15 years. A literature…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Church Related Colleges, College Faculty, Evaluation Methods
Berman, Paul; And Others – 1988
The third volume of this three-part report provides additional information concerning a study of faculty development in the three segments of California public higher education: the University of California, California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Section I of this volume presents study findings and background material…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges
