Institutional Policies and Practics: Results from the 1999 National Study ofPostsecondary Faculty, Institution Survey

摘要

About 1.1 million faculty teach in our nation's approximately 3,400 degree-granting postsecondary institutions. The role of faculty in these institutions is critical to the success of postsecondary education in the United States. The National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), includes both a survey of institutions that focuses on policies and practices affecting faculty and a survey of faculty themselves. This report presents findings from the 'Institution Survey' of the 1999 NSOPF, the third in the series. Institutions were asked about their policies and practices as of fall 1998 (NSOPF:99).