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Quality Circles in the Classroom: An Experiment in the Pedagogical Uses of Japanese Management Methods.
Hirshfield, Claire – 1983
An on-going experiment in the classroom use of the Japanese quality circle concept of consensus and group management has been conducted for the past 2 years at the Ogontz Campus of Pennsylvania State University. Quality circles composed of the teacher and eight student volunteers meet weekly for 45 minutes, with each member informing three other…
Descriptors: Course Content, Instructional Improvement, Participative Decision Making, State Universities
The Board of Regents of the University of California, Governance, and Affirmative Action.
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Academe, 1996
The report of the American Association of University Professors' ad hoc Commission on Governance and Affirmative Action concerning the University of California's decision to end affirmative action in admissions, hiring, and awarding of contracts is presented. It outlines the events leading to the policy action, considers the educational impacts,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Educational Policy
Allan Bloom's Message to the State Universities.
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Edington, Robert V. – Perspectives on Political Science, 1990
Discusses Allan Bloom's "The Closing of the American Mind" and its implications for higher education. Examines Bloom's analysis of historical changes that involved universities in societal pressures, thereby weakening them. Supports Bloom's mandate that universities delineate their function and measure achievement against the fundamental…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, College Role, Core Curriculum
Is Good Teaching Rewarded at Berkeley?
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Schwartz, Charles – College Teaching, 1992
A study of 55 recipients of the University of California, Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award found most felt the award had little effect on their careers and provided little incentive to improve teaching. Four recommendations for making the reward structure more effective in motivating teachers to improve instruction are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Awards, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Faculty Promotion
The Battle of "The Normal Heart."
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Rottman, Larry – Academe, 1990
The history of the controversy over Southwest Missouri State University's production of "The Normal Heart," a play about acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is chronicled and concern is expressed about the resurgence of bitterness and hatred in the debate over academic freedom, even within the academic community. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, College Faculty, Drama
Off the Track, but in the Fold.
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Berver, Kitty; And Others – Academe, 1992
New Mexico State University addressed the trend toward employing non-tenure-track faculty (NTTs) by capping the proportion of NTTs; acceptance of a two-tiered faculty with differentiated responsibilities; extension of professional rights to NTTs; full and regular NTT evaluation, participation in merit pay, and promotion opportunities; and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Employment Practices, Faculty Evaluation
The Priority of Pharmacy within Higher Education.
Bowen, Richard L. – Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1987
The president of Idaho State University explains his institution's unusual increase in support to graduate study in pharmacy as part of an overall commitment to improved health care in the state. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bachelors Degrees, College Presidents, Doctoral Degrees