These four issues of "The Journal of Staff, Program, and Organization Development" contain the following articles: "Faculty Developers: Are They Giving Away the X-Rays?" by Neil D. Fleming; "Alliances for Change: A Procedure for Improving Teaching through Conversations with Learners and Partnerships with Colleagues," by Richard G. Tiberius, and others; "Beyond Boxes: A More Positive and Productive Way of Understanding People," by Joyce G. Sibley; "An Integrated Systems Approach in Support of Institutional Effectivenss: The Roles of Staff & Organization Development and Institutional Research," by Margaret Gratton and Dan Walleri; "Appraisal of Faculty: Designing a System from Scratch," by Marshal Olp, and others; "Paid Professional Leaves: Policies and Practices in Texas Community Colleges" (Enrique Solis; and others); "The Department Chairperson: The Confessions of a Researcher Turned Practitioner," by John P. Murray; "Teaching Assistant Training for General Education in a State University: A Department Case Study," by Carol Olson and Larry Perkins; "Making Committees Work: Shared Power in the College Governance Structure," by William A. Wojciechowski and David Lemire; "A Call to Action in a Nation Still at Risk," by Charles H. Beard; "Setting the Stage: Introducing the Teaching Portfolio Concept to One's Campus," by James A. Eison; "Developing, Implementing, and Assessing a Great Teachers Short Course for Faculty Development," by James Paradiso; "Helping TAs (Teacher Assistants) To Help Themselves: A Model Training System Using a Peer TA," by Elaine Gordon and John Hoddinott; "REFRAME: A Model for Promoting Faculty/Staff Vitality and Excellence," by Maxine C. Mott; "New Relationships between Universities, Community Colleges, and Technical Colleges," by Hugh L. Thompson; "Using Computers Interactively To Overcome Resistance to Learning about Theory," by Thomas J. Keefe and John H. Newman; "Systematic Instruction vs. Lecture," by Glenn R. Johnson, and others; "Enhancing Teacher Efficacy in College Faculty," by Regina Miller, and others; "Organizational Triple-Teaming To Improve Learning," by Robert L. Cole, and others; "Global Issues Pedagogy," by Nasrin Shahinpoor and Bernard Matt; and "A Low Cost and High Impact Model for Development and Support of New Faculty," by Jane Jakoubek. Book reviews are included in all issues. (KP)