A sarcastic essay outlines ways in which the college faculty member can avoid carrying out committee service responsibly. (MSE)

A university journalism professor explains the concept of "public journalism," a movement in support of socially constructive journalism, and by extension, the idea that scholarship and public service can be integrated in scholarly activities that benefit the larger community. (MSE)

Five faculty members were interviewed about the impact of campus assessment activities on their roles and responsibilities. Three areas of concern were students (what they need to know and what can be expected of them); teaching (how classroom methods follow from higher expectations of students); and faculty roles and responsibilities. (MLW)

The heart of teaching is how teachers feel about their students. The hidden fact about the teaching profession is that learners complicate it enormously. A teacher's obligation is to value students enough to value everything done for them. (MLW)

The "Yeshiva debate" over the nature of faculty governance will continue to rage within academe. Unions will argue that faculties must bargain collectively with or without the protection of NLRB legislation; small private colleges may submit that they cannot afford bargaining costs and refuse to bargain. (MSE)

The roles of the institution itself, faculty, the board, and issues of curriculum, finances and financial information in college closing are discussed. The pressures generated by closing often force resolution of difficult problems, even the definition of function and purpose felt by many institutions. (MSE)

Four elements that exercise a perverse influence on academic managerial behavior are identified: lack of objectives and performance criteria, collegiality and shared governance, disdain for administration, and productivity in academe. Three steps necessary to reconcile good management with subcultural values are identified. (MLW)

One key to the understanding of the current style and character of American educational practice and purpose lies in the history of the professions--the growth of the professionalized specialists who define modern society. (MLW)

It is proposed that cooperative learning and collaborative learning are related but essentially different processes, developed for educating people of different ages, experiences, and levels of interdependence and based on distinctive assumptions about the nature and authority of knowledge. Moreover, cooperative learning may undercut collaborative…

Changes in faculty workloads are examined in light of state legislation mandating specific numbers of "contact hours," negative attitudes toward liberal educational trends, recessionary pressures, and undergraduate versus graduate instruction. The article encourages improving communication with supporters, articulating better ties between research…

It is proposed that, in the near future, universities will undergo a major transformation, similar to but much more complex than those in the nineteenth century; and a new, deeper conception of scholarship is needed. The transformed scholarship would be multicultural in nature and would integrate facts and values. (MSE)

The commonly cited prescription for improving higher education, increasing the time faculty spends teaching, could lead to an impoverished learning environment because it ignores the rich learning opportunities afforded by the full complement of faculty life, which integrates teaching, research, and service. The traditional approach reflects…

The influence of postmodern attitudes and ideas, which focus on the direction of theory and change begun in the modern era, is examined and their role in higher education is discussed. The objective of the discussion is to bridge disciplinary boundaries and increase the depth of discussion about higher education. (MSE)

The role of college and university faculty, particularly in the public perception, is chronicled from the early period in American history to the present. A consistent theme is the reinvention of faculty roles and responsibilities to meet society's changing needs. (MSE)

The relationship between leadership and liberal learning is discussed. The education of leaders is seen as having become denigrated as elitist, and liberal learning attacked as useless and aristocratic. It is suggested that the goal of mass higher education can be achieved without abandoning a commitment to the education of leaders. (MLW)