Drawing from information collected in the annual salary survey conducted by the Illinois Community College Board, this report presents data about compensation received by employees in the 50 Illinois public community colleges. Faculty salary data are based on actual contracts, salaries from faculty salary schedules, part-time faculty salary rates,…

Older women, who comprise two-thirds of the retired U.S. population, share substantially less of the $1.3 trillion worth of over 800,000 private and public pension plans by every way of measurement. Of the one-in-five women receiving pension income, some obtain it from their own paid work history, while others are widows and divorced women who…

The status of personnel systems at 370 public and private colleges in 1985 is described, based on a College and University Personnel Association survey. Responding schools were classified as two-year, four-year, universities (doctoral-granting institutions), and other (law, medical, and theological schools). For each institutional classification,…

The idea of developing a recurrent education system for noncollege-bound youth is not new. Yet, the issue has generally attracted little attention. In the United States, the general trend has been to direct resources toward providing wide access to a college education and underemphasizing education and training for noncollege-bound youth. If…

This document is part 3 of a three-part report entitled "National Survey of Fringe Benefits in Public Schools, 1987-88." This volume reports fringe benefits received by teachers for the 1987-88 school year in the 944 school systems that responded to the survey. The survey provides information on compensation, leave provisions, group insurance…

This executive summary describes a study conducted to determine whether different kinds of employer-supported child care services had differing effects on service users. Turnover and attendance data on 891 randomly selected female employees were gathered from 39 companies and hospitals offering on-site or off-site child care, information and…

Articles collected in this book address issues arising from the fact that the American workforce is increasingly composed of parents. Included in the collection are short newspaper and magazine selections as well as longer magazine articles and book chapters. These materials provide primary sources documenting an historical movement of social…

The relationship between work and family is an issue of growing concern in the United States. The increasing participation of women in the labor force has created new demands for services, especially for low-income families, to offset women's dual responsibilities at work and home. This paper describes a Ford Foundation program to study the place…

In response to a legislative request, this report provides a compilation of information about full- and part-time faculty, and teacher salaries and benefits in the Nebraska Technical Community College Areas. The compilation includes data in varying degrees of detail from each college. For Central Community College, figures are provided for numbers…

The collective bargaining agreement between Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education and the Temple University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) covering the period July 1, 1986-June 30, 1988 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: AAUP recognition; no discrimination;…

This curriculum guide focuses on major concepts in the history of labor unions in America as well as their current operations. The guide focuses primarily on vocational and technical secondary schools and comprehensive high schools with vocational programs but may be used by counselors, academic and nonacademic secondary school teachers, and…

Data are presented on salaries, tenure, and fringe benefits of full-time instructional faculty at Pennsylvania colleges and universities for the 1981-1982 school year, and brief narrative descriptions of trends are included. Findings for the different sectors include the following: the mean salaries of full-time instructional faculty for selected…

Many companies today consider employer-sponsored child care a viable solution to problems facing employees who are also parents. Companies can choose from many program options, each with particular benefits for employer and employees. This manual highlights what is presently happening in employer-supported child care, particularly the cost…

The collective bargaining agreement reached between Adelphi University and the Adelphi University Chapter of the American Associaton of University Professors (AAUP) is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: recognition of AAUP as the bargaining unit representing full and part-time faculty; personnel plan and governance procedures;…

This report, one of an annual series, analyzes a number of issues critical to educational negotiations in New Jersey in 1982 and reviews important bargaining tactics from the school board's perspective. The articles included deal with the scope of negotiations; the predictable aspects of the bargaining process; basic bargaining errors; the timing…