Nussel, Rusche and Wiersma surveyed a representative sample of 426 teacher educators in 39 public and 25 private institutions. Three instruments were de veloped, one of which was influenced by Herzberg's earlier work. Although there were some differences among ranks and between tenured and non- tenured faculty, subjects generally man ifested satisfaction with their profes sional work.
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