The issues of faculty performance evaluation for allied health professionals are addressed. Daniel Stufflebeam's CIPP (content-imput-process-product) model is introduced and its development into a CIPP-SAPS (self-administrative-peer- student) model is pursued. (Author/CT)

A model for minimizing or eradicating the weaknesses of the tenure system is offered. The model is designed to be responsive to the needs of higher education, specifically in providing for academic accountability. The system proposed makes decisions about pay, rank, and tenure independent of one another. (MLW)

Posits that faculty members avoid participation in continuing education because their involvement is scarcely considered in decisions regarding salary, tenure, and promotion. (JOW)

Suggests that targeted, action-oriented institutional research can help a college or university better understand and more effectively use faculty resources. Profiles a multi-campus research university whose institutional research portfolio has emphasized faculty issues. (EV)

Describes a microevaluation approach to faculty assessment written for a department with 15 faculty engaged in both traditional scholarship and creative activities in a research-oriented university. Presents the assessment instrument. (SR)

Describes the well-established pre- and post-tenure evaluation of faculty at the University of California. All faculty are reviewed every two to four years by department colleagues, the dean, and a campus faculty committee. Although the process poses a substantial workload, faculty and administrators regard it as crucial to maintaining a…

Describes how Peter Berkowitz, well known for his caustic political commentary, sued Harvard after it denied his tenure bid. As the first professor ever to take the institution to court for such a denial, Berkowitz has incurred disdain; supporters say he simply follows through on what he believes and expects others to do so. (EV)

Discusses eight steps to modify the way engineering schools operate. They include hiring some experienced engineers as faculty, incorporating peer and student review of teaching performance in faculty evaluations, reversing the tendency to make curricula increasingly narrow and specialized, and adopting a systems approach to engineering education.…

Within any college and university, it is in the academic department where most of the work is accomplished in educating students and carrying out the institution's academic mission. Department chairs are at the front lines of policy implementation. At a recent meeting members of [New England Resource Center for Higher Education's] NERCHE's…

Explores various aspects of the formula approach to faculty evaluation. Variables are explained and a sample formula is offered. (CS)

Provides a case study of the use of departmental peer review at the University of Rhode Island, focusing on the differing attitudes toward the peer review process held by tenured and untenured faculty, the apprehension of women and minority faculty toward the process, and the "ratcheting up" of the research and publication requirements…

Discusses influences on the definition of scholarship (such as discipline, priorities of the institution and academic unit, and interests of the individual), traces recent developments in how the scholarly role of faculty members is viewed, and recommends an institutional approach for bringing fairness and quality into faculty reward systems. (EV)

Discussion of criteria for hiring and the development of university teachers focuses on the development of an instrument for students to evaluate teachers' effectiveness. A copy of the instructor evaluation form developed at DePaul University (Chicago) is included, and suggestions for a program to improve teaching are offered. (LRW)

Discusses the often difficult process of evaluating teaching effectiveness in terms of student learning outcomes. Suggests approaches for micro- and macro-level teacher evaluation using student outcomes. (EV)

Provides an overview of state-level college faculty post-tenure review policies, describes their features, and speculates about the future of post-tenure review. Notes statements of Virginia's 1994 Commission on the Future of Higher Education that criticize the tenure tradition and Virginia state legislation requiring greater accountability by…