Dissatisfied both with lecturing to 125 students three times a week and with the idea of having teaching assistants conduct seminars, the author devised a new method of handling his class. With administration consent, he arranged to lecture to the whole class (by then, 275 students) twice a week and to conduct 11 seminars of 25 students each.…

This article discusses alternative possibilities to financial problems within funding programs. Areas covered include faculty load, faculty compensation, course additions, and course scheduling. (MJM)

The issue: college ownership of stock in U.S. corporations that operate in--or have dealings with--South Africa. Students at universities from California to New York are pressuring their administrations to divest themselves of any stock in racist South Africa charging indirect support of such policy. Also discusses the development of shared…

How does one develop a fair distribution of equitable work loads for faculty involved in operating a cooperative education program? Attempts to specify the responsibilities required, estimate the amount of time needed to meet these responsibilities, and equate this time with the time required for meeting normal classroom requirements. (Author/RK)

Describes political and economic conditions in English Departments that are being manipulated to the detriment of the writing discipline and the teacher of writing. (DD)

In the community college setting, particularly one in which innovative approaches to instruction are being introduced, demands on faculty time are constantly increasing. For faculty, available time is a constant; the only way to increase it is to reorder it. Means for reordering and allocating time effectively are suggested. (JDS)

Reports results of interviews of five first-year faculty members to explore their experiences in making transition to their new jobs and the wide variety of problems they encountered in coming to terms with teaching, research, and administration. Conclusions are drawn concerning the development of effective teaching, integration of new members of…

Advocates the simplification of marking papers by using a list of 10 guide numbers given to students before the writing exercises begin. (DF)

Considers issues that arise when faculty members are called upon to teach in new disciplines as a result of budget cuts and other factors. Suggests principles and practices related to departmental control, teacher background, and evaluation to aid community colleges considering faculty cross-over. (AYC)

This paper examines how teachers' expectations of their ability to produce student learning varies within teaching assignments. In the study described here, 359 teachers in 9 restructuring secondary schools in 1 district estimated their ability to perform common teaching tasks in 4 of the courses they expected to teach in the coming school year.…

Develops a model for measuring faculty work load. Work load is divided into teaching, student advising, service, and research. Applying the formula to institutions, the author found that distribution of workload was found to vary significantly within and among institutions, by department, and by rank, as well as for each of the four major areas…

Diagnoses the abrogationists'' or those faculty members who habitually deprecate the college administration, other faculty members, and the calibre of the students. (DS)

Presents results of a questionnaire survey of sex, age, qualifications, work experience, teaching load, research and publication activities, professional society membership, and salaries of biologists employed in junior colleges in the United States. (AL)

Compares engineering faculty work load at Brigham Young and Purdue Universities based on an analysis of ten types of teaching assignments. Suggests that administrators adapt time measurement scales of faculty work load to include actual classroom time, preparation and follow-up, assigned research, personal development, committee work, and student…