Study of the American Professoriate, 1977
Creators: name: Ladd Lipset Faculty Study Higher Education Studies
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2022

description: Agreement with college statements (6); changes in student beliefs (5); agreement with student performance statements (5); agreement with graduate school statements (4); type of students taught (1); adequacy of department facilities (11); judgment of government-college relations (5); federal aid to higher education (3); involvement in research (1); adequacy of funding (8); contact with federal agencies for research funds (108); difficulties with federal agencies (108); agreement with scholarly evaluation statements (3); reasons for success of top field members (6); discrimination toward women (2); discrimination toward Black people (2); plagiarism (4); collective representation of faculty (5); enrollment in various organizations (5); assessing organization activities (8); participation in organization activities (6); reason for discontinuing membership (27); reasons for not joining organizations (39); collective bargaining agent (6); agreement with unionization statements (7); importance of collective bargaining objectives (9); degrees obtained (12); teaching positions (7); present rank (1); tenure (2); hours spent on various teaching activities (6); salary and earnings (5); fields of study (14); publications (5); types of research funding (12); working as paid consultant (12); descriptor of position (2); interest in research vs. teaching (1); characteristics of recent scholarships and writings (5); departments with most distinguished faculties (5); expected retirement age (9); early retirement option (15); agreement with retirement statements (4); retirement standard of living (1); job offers (1); economic position relative to others (2); feeling successful (1); political leaning (3); agreement with economic policy statements (5); dealing with inequality (1); approval of various social practices (8); defense spending (1); United States action in various scenarios (4); presidential election votes (2); 1976 votes for various offices (5); assessment of politician nomination system (1); approaches of major political parties (12); changes to presidential nomination process (5); confidence in various institutions (14); rating personal life situation (3); rating US situation (4); satisfaction with core American values (10); quality of US government dimensions (5); agreement with norms of science and scholarship statements (24); acting in accordance to various scholarly behaviors (24); descriptions of personal research (9); participation in foreign scholarly activities (59); length abroad (4); success of trips abroad (2); negative factors of trip (16); language barrier (1); reasons for not going abroad (5); retirement income sources (20); leaving academic life (1); likelihood of career changes (11); seeking another position (1); administrative opportunities (1); fellowship position (1); counseling on estate planning (1); satisfaction with life outside academia (1); colleagues leaving work (1); scholars with most important contributions (6); foreign countries visited (6); organizations funding study abroad (6); countries with most important work (5).