Comparative information on expenditures by colleges and universities for employee retirement and insurance benefits is presented for 1984. Results of the survey, which was administered to 639 institutions, provide information on each benefit category on: expenditures as a percentage of total gross payroll, and expenditures as dollars per employee…

Data from 66 Iowa school districts with collective bargaining and 66 without collective bargaining were compared to determine if they differed in teacher salaries, fringe benefits, or provisions for leaves of absence. The time period covered extended from 1975-76 school year, 1 year before collective bargaining started, to 1979-80, the fourth year…

Texarkana (Texas) Community College and Texarkana Independent School District left the federal Social Security System (SSS) and reallocated SSS funds to a self-administered fringe benefit program, while also returning employees' SSS contributions to them intact. Several safeguards for Texas employees were already in place through the Texas Teacher…

This booklet provides information on job sharing that resulted from the research and experience of the Merrimack Valley Job Sharing Project. An overview of the topic considers the need for job sharing, employer benefits, types of jobs shared, job division, benefits, employer costs and savings, financial considerations for job sharers, perspectives…

The effects of four educational benefit programs for military personnel were tested nationwide. The four benefit programs included a control or baseline contributory program, the Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP); a second contribution program offering enhanced kickers in the Army, the Ultra VEAP; and two noncontributory plans, the…

A step-by-step description of the Minnesota Business Survey process is provided as a guide for the design and implementation of a successful survey of business attitudes and practices in the area of child care benefits. The description of the survey process is divided into five steps: goals, design, audience, distribution, and results. Information…

The present study found that 90% of female Saudi translators who graduated between 1990 and 1996 are not working as translators. Although translation jobs are available in hospitals, translation bureaus, and embassies, many graduates find the jobs open for women unsuitable because of working conditions, stringent qualifications, staff policies,…

This paper attempts to place the available information on the nursing shortage in a broader context to improve understanding of some underlying issues. It considers available data on these issues to provide insights into the recurrent nurse shortage for a more rational basis for policy-making. Chapter 1 examines nurses' wages, wage growth, fringe…

This study presents data on group insurance coverage for public school personnel during the 1964-65 academic year, collected from 646 school systems of all sizes throughout the United States. Areas covered include (1) group life insurance, (2) group hospitalization insurance, (3) group medical-surgical insurance, (4) group major medical insurance,…

This annual report contains the text of the Council's resolutions on faculty salaries and benefits, on administrative salaries, and on librarians' salaries and benefits. It also contains comments by the Council staff, a summary of its findings, and background on the comparison institutions and data collection. The report examines only five…

Results of this 1965-66 study of public school adult education programs, based on responses from 338 schools in large districts (12,000 or more regularly-enrolled pubils) includes elementary, secondary, and general adult education enrollment figures, in-service training statistics, percentages of time devoted to adult education in school districts…

The project reported here studied increased-benefit early retirement programs and mid-career change programs in academic institutions, business, industry, and government. The search and analysis had two objectives: (1) to assemble information useful to colleges and universities; and (2) to assemble information helpful to individual academics. The…

A proposal to place a limit, or ceiling, on college faculty incomes relies on voluntary participation. The sources of this plan and its limitations are discussed in terms of workload, salaries, and fringe benefits. (MSE)

The content of this manual was recommended to the president of Montgomery College (Maryland) by the chairman of the Faculty Senate. Chapter I answers frequently asked questions of a personal or professional nature, e.g., contracts, student health, exams and emergency closing of the college. The other five chapters are extracted directly from the…

To make this study more responsive to the needs of the negotiations process, many changes have been made since 1955 when the first salary study was conducted. These changes are the direct outcome of the many suggestions received from area educators. This year's study, for instance, has eliminated data on salaries of board of education personnel.…