Author compares supply of qualified teachers with the numbers of teachers who are employed" (the surplus) and with the numbers who should be employed to attain a specified standard of educational quality" (the shortage). (Author/SP)

Teachers as a group are dependent upon the community for the conditions of their profession. The current unrest among teachers is indicative of a need for a "Bill of Rights' for this group. (CK)

Explains how Tidewater Community College's cooperative education program uses the proficiency analysis system (PAS) to measure coordinator's student load. Explains the advantages of the PAS model and its applications to other institutions' programs of cooperative education. (JOW)

Findings of a 1980 followup to a 1971 study to determine changes in industrial teacher education programs indicate little acceptance for the term industrial technology; fewer institutions offering majors; instructional personnel and practices remaining stable; and a greater percentage of instructors today having university rather than public…

Discusses a 1978 survey highlighting some of the factors which may be related to the critical shortage of agriculture teachers in Illinois and the high rate of turnover among these teachers. These factors include the time required on the job, inadequate salaries, and large classes. (JOW)

This national survey of health education faculty (n = 282) found that the vast majority (88%) had been awarded a grant in the past 5 years, usually in amounts of less than $10,000. Less than one in four had received grants of $250,000 or more. Although less than one in four faculty (23%) felt prepared to write grants immediately following…

American society is becoming increasingly diverse. With only 62% of the college going youngsters being White, there is need for aggressive strategies to recruit and retain faculty who are diverse. Diversity has several educational benefits. It enriches students' educational experiences, offers multiple perspectives, promotes personal growth and…

This article provides a summary of the five major recommendations from the nation's highly accomplished teachers on the problems in staffing high-needs schools. Insights from these teachers reveal that salary incentives alone will not suffice to attract and retain good teachers for high-needs schools. Working conditions matter--most notably,…

When the faculty of the Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies Department at Western Illinois University were asked to develop an online research methods course several years ago, the author was skeptical. How could anyone possibly teach the complexities of research over the internet? The author's face-to-face course focused on helping students…

The Integrative Themes in Physiology (ITIP) project was a National Science Foundation-funded collaboration between the American Physiological Society (APS) and the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS). The project goal was to create instructional resources that emphasized active learning in undergraduate anatomy and physiology classrooms.…

This report provides the results of a study of faculty workloads in the University of Maryland System (UMS) during the 1994-95 academic year. It was found that 19,446 course units were taught by full-time (FT) faculty at degree-granting institutions, an increase of 158 course units from the previous year while the number of FT faculty decreased by…

Elimination of internships as a separate entity will affect the education programs in the departments of obstectrics and gynecology by increasing the faculty teaching time. (Editor/PG)

Compares principals' and teachers' perception of teaching conditions with the more positive views being possessed by principals. Information related to relative adequacy of conditions described by five scales, Effectiveness, Curriculum, Load, Facilities and Support is presented. (EB)

Presents the results of a survey conducted to determine the teacher workload in institutions of higher education, concluding that over one-third of the English teachers teach too many students or too many courses or both. (RB)