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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED227798 AUTHOR: Rossmann, Jack E.
TITLE: Personnel Challenges. Issues in Postsecondary
Education.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1979
NOTE: 30 p.
AVAILABILITY: National Center for Education Statistics, 400
Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20202.
ABSTRACT: Societal and educational pressures that are likely
to affect postsecondary education personnel during the
1980's are discussed. These pressures include the declining
number of 18- to 22-year-old students, changes in mandatory
retirement policy, affirmative action, a continuing high
rate of inflation, and uncertainty regarding taxpayer and
donor support for postsecondary education. The strengths and
weakness of several approaches to data collection are
assessed using the following criteria: institutional burden,
taxpayer cost, timeliness of data, and data quality. It is
recommended that surveys like the Higher Education General
Information Survey of postsecondary education personnel be
continued and strengthened, with timely data reporting. A
second approach to future data collection, longitudinal
analysis of cohorts of faculty and nonfaculty personnel, is
also proposed. These cohorts would be followed up on a 4
year cycle with the thrust of each survey varying somewhat
from year to year. A third recommended approach would
involve a series of one-time surveys on timely topics with
quick turnaround time. The American Council on Education's
Higher Education Panel is proposed as a model, and other
data collection efforts are described briefly. A list of
specific data elements for each approach is included. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Evaluation-Criteria; Longitudinal-Studies;
Personnel-Policy
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Faculty; *Data-Collection;
*National-Surveys; *Postsecondary-Education; *Research
Methodology; *School-Personnel
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