Reviews the history of the tenure system and its constitutional and due process implications. Describes Florida's sustained performance review program, an evaluation of tenured faculty every seven years to encourage continuing professional development. (SK)

Describes a computer-based knowledge system that assists faculty and administrators in defining, documenting, and evaluating faculty productivity. Suggests that these systems may be valuable in improving faculty productivity documentation, evaluating productivity more objectively, and linking institutional policy to teaching, research, and service…

Criticizes the current state of college faculty evaluation and recruiting. Identifies three main problems of today's bureaucratic system of evaluation. Discusses problems common in tenure deliberations. (HB)

After two decades of reform, faculty and administrators at research universities have not shifted their attention from teaching to learning. It is also evident that promotion and tenure decisions for faculty are not clear cut. The picture becomes even murkier for faculty with a more even balance between traditional disciplinary research and…

Presents a selection of opinions on the bases for faculty evaluation. They range from a strongly-stated argument against over-emphasis on outside funding to a proposed system of performance quantifying performance. (JN)

This paper analyzes and critiques the assumptions that underlie faculty productivity assessments made of professors of education in American colleges and universities. Alternative explanations for this movement will also be addressed. (MT)

Academic institutions are caught in a position of needing continued commitment to assessment and yet dealing with strong faculty sentiment on the subject. This paper proposes that faculty assessment activity be re-conceptualized according to Ernest Boyer's (1990) "scholarship of teaching"--as a scholarly process whose products make a…

The author argues that nursing faculty need more than a Ph.D. to be considered scholars in the field. A discussion of technical versus professional education in nursing is presented along with an examination of faculty rules for promotion and tenure in schools of nursing. (CT)

Describes a specified procedure for faculty self-appraisal based on setting reasonable goals, identifying evaluation resources, and selecting appropriate self-evaluation tools. (JOW)

Explores the crucial role that tenure and post-tenure review may play in the future of American higher education, looking at recent debates about tenure and experiences of post-tenure review. Contends that tenure can be preserved, with post-tenure review the means of invigorating and renewing the profession. (EV)

One hundred sixteen students enrolled at two midwestern universities in neighboring states completed a 28-item Student Perceptions of Evaluations Questionnaire to determine students' attitudes towards the evaluation process. Four central questions to be answered were: (1) Do students understand how evaluations are used? (2) What are students'…

Faculty evaluation can and should be a means for gathering information on the productivity of a community college. The concept of productivity implies a relationship between the quantity and the quality of the results achieved by the college to the resources invested. Productivity has two dimensions: effectiveness (i.e., the extent to which…

This paper deals with tenure and promotion in Canadian colleges and universities focusing on the history of judicial/arbitral review of college decision-making, confidentiality versus fairness, and the function of tenure and promotion in postsecondary institutions. (MT)

Discusses the shortcomings of one college English department and suggests ways the department can be improved. (AEA)

A goal-oriented evaluation system for dental education is seen as a necessity. Focusing on priority issues and showing responsiveness to the needs of society, it is suggested, will increase the likelihood of a competitive advantage for dentistry. Recommendations for changing the role of curriculum and faculty evaluation evaluation are provided.…