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Andrews, Hans A. – 1985
Arguing that boards of education, trustees, administrators, and faculty leaders can and should work together to ensure excellence in instruction, this book presents a comprehensive framework for an administrative faculty evaluation system. Chapter 1 suggests that the first step in evaluating for excellence is to develop a profile of the strengths…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria
Lewis, Lionel S. – 1996
The contemporary academic labor market is examined using concepts from labor market economics and sociology to elucidate why teaching, universally acknowledged to be at the center of American academic life, is not at the center of the academic labor market and is only modestly rewarded. First, tenets of the neoclassical labor market model are…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Compensation (Remuneration), Faculty Evaluation
Cochran, Leslie H. – 1992
This book proposes a plan for higher education reform that rejects the "publish or perish" controversy and stresses strong leadership that elevates the importance of teaching excellence. Chapters 1 and 2, "Agendas," look at the agenda for change and suggest some of the constraints in value conflicts and teacher evaluation. Chapters 3 and 4,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, College Faculty, Educational Change
Download full textAndrews, Hans A. – 1987
An overview is provided of the history and current status of merit pay from the perspectives of faculty unions, community and junior colleges, and elementary and secondary schools. Chapter 1 stresses the need to raise the salaries of master teachers, and chapter 2 discusses the responses of faculty unions, faculty members, and the public to the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Bogue, E. Grady; Aper, Jeffery – 2000
This book seeks to describe broadly some of the important historic movements in the evolution of American higher education, and to explore some of its major philosophical principles and traditions, as a way to understand the issues that currently challenge higher education and to examine current efforts for reform and renewal. The book's 10…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Athletics, College Faculty, College Students
Tierney, William G., Ed. – 1998
This book describes how colleges and universities might respond more effectively to changing social, demographic, and political forces. An introductory chapter, "On the Road to Recovery and Renewal: Reinventing Academe" (William G. Tierney), advocates reorienting basic work structures and designing more creative organizations. In "Listening to the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty
