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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED336339 AUTHOR: Whitfield, Truman; Weaver, Janice
TITLE: The Demand of Teacher Education Faculty: Some
Factors
Influencing Employment.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
NOTE: 63 p.
ABSTRACT: This study investigated the situation regarding
current and projected demand for teacher education faculty
in colleges and universities in the United States. The
study was an attempt to provide data on the immediate past,
present, and future availability of teacher education
faculty within various fields. The study was also an
attempt to determine the degree of influence various
factors had on the employment of faculty in teacher
education and to determine whether different types of
institutions placed different emphasis on various factors.
In addition, the study analyzed the nature of the teaching
assignment of faculty in teacher education. The member
institutions of the American Association of Colleges for
Teacher Education (AACTE) were surveyed. Of these, 200 or
28 percent responded. The document presents a detailed
report of the findings according to the five parts of the
survey instrument used to collect the data: (1) projected
faculty needs; (2) projected faculty needs attributed to
increased enrollment, retirements, accreditation standards,
and affirmative action; (3) employment considerations; (4)
reasons for employing new faculty; and (5) information on
faculty teaching assignments. Conclusions and
recommendations are presented, and a copy of the survey
instrument is appended. (IAH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Employment-Patterns; Faculty-Workload;
Higher-Education; Intellectual-Disciplines; National
Surveys; Preservice-Teacher-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Employment-Projections; *Employment
Qualifications; *Schools-of-Education; *Teacher-Educators
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