THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION HAS SUGGESTED A 15-HOUR TEACHING LOAD IN JUNIOR COLLEGES. TO ASSIST IN FORMULATION OF A TEACHING LOAD POLICY FOR SPEECH ARTS INSTRUCTORS AT SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE, A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO 80 CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES WAS USED TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT PRACTICES. RETURNS FROM 67…

This paper deals with science laboratory assignments and physical education activity hours as aspects of the teaching load. The equation of laboratory and lecture hours was on a percentage figure, e.g., a one-to-one value was shown as 100% and two laboratory hours to one lecture hour was 50%. Seventy usable replies (from 79 inquiries) showed an…

In order to clarify policy on teacher load at College of the Mainland (COM), a special committee asked 46 Texas two-year colleges to submit their policies on faculty load (29 did so), selected three responding Texas two-year colleges for further interviews, conducted a literature review, profiled current loads at COM, and sent a questionnaire to…

Prior to fall 1974, faculty workload at Black Hawk College (Moline, Illinois) was determined on the basis of total semester hours taught. Now it is based on the equitable teaching load, as agreed upon by the department chairman and the faculty member, subject to administrative approval. This new method of computation is based on departmental goals…

This document investigates the measurement of faculty workload. Emphasis is placed on the uses and values of faculty workload studies, various methods of measuring faculty workload, including measures based on course inventories and faculty reports, recommended procedures for making a comprehensive faculty load analysis, and uses of faculty load…

This report presents tables representing the total faculty teaching workload at the Wisconsin State universities during the academic year 1970-71. The data were obtained from a Scholarly Activities Report filed by faculty members in February 1971. The average total weekly hours range from 56 hours for professors to an average of 41 hours for…

Institutions granting 4-year or higher degrees were asked in 1970-71 to supply basic information about faculty load policies and practices. Responses were received from 1,101 institutions that employed 222,053 faculty. The most frequently reported base used to define faculty load is the semester hour, followed by the quarter hour and contact hour.…

Explains how academic administrators allocate money and faculty positions to each department or college under their supervision. (Author)

The purpose of this exploratory study was to survey the distribution of workloads of library school faculty members in the areas of teaching, research and study, and service. It was carried out in connection with a university-wide study conducted at the University of Oregon. (2 references) (SJ)

Points out the disadvantages and limitations of grading all student writing. Offers alternative methods of giving students meaningful feedback about their writing. (RL)

Teacher reports showed that only slightly more teacher time was required by young handicapped children than nonhandicapped children in PATHWAYS, a model project providing a mainstreamed setting for young handicapped children. (CL)

Examined is the problem of assigning faculty members to teach various courses in an accounting department. Based on selected evaluation information, a zero-one integer programing model was implemented. This approach utilizes readily available data and takes into consideration the learning curve phenomenon, various competing needs, and…

Clarifies some of the issues involved in the concept of faculty workloads, focusing on teaching, research, service, and mission. A model is presented that could be used in defining a faculty workload policy. (three references) (JL)