Teaching faculty in academe, 1972-1973
By: principal investigator, American Council of Education
Series: ICPSR -- 7914; ICPSR (Series) -- 7914
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: College teachers; Attitudes; Higher Education; Public opinion; Educational surveys
Description: This study is a replication of a part of the 1968-69 survey of college and university faculty conducted by the American Council of Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. In order to reflect the many significant changes in American education since the initial study, this reassessment was undertaken during the 1972-73 academic year. Included in the sample were 78 universities, 181 four-year colleges, and 42 junior or community colleges, their faculty size ranged from fewer than 20 to approximately 4,500. The collection includes information on the demographic and educational background, work history, description of current position, and opinions and attitudes of the faculty surveyed. The data are available on 344-character logical records in OSIRIS format.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class III.

Data collected: 1972-1973.

The National Chicano Research Network, located at the Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research, the University of Michigan, made the collection available to ICPSR.

United States.

The National Chicano Research Network created an OSIRIS dictionary for the collection.

53,029 respondents; 281 variables; 344-character logical records.