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Making Just Tenure and Promotion Decisions Using the Objective Knowledge Growth Framework
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Chitpin, Stephanie – International Journal of Educational Management, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to utilize the Objective Knowledge Growth Framework (OKGF) to promote a better understanding of the evaluating tenure and promotion processes. Design/Methodology/Approach: A scenario is created to illustrate the concept of using OKGF. Findings: The framework aims to support decision makers in identifying the…
Descriptors: Tenure, Decision Making, Dismissal (Personnel), Guidelines
Tenure Troubles and Equity Matters in Canadian Academe
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Acker, Sandra; Webber, Michelle; Smyth, Elizabeth – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2012
The focus of this article is the tenure review process in Canadian universities, a rigorous and high-stakes evaluation of junior academics that serves as a prime exemplar of "disciplining academics", our project's title. In-depth interviews in seven Ontario universities with 30 knowledgeable informants such as senior managers and faculty…
Descriptors: Tenure, Universities, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
Web-Based Student Feedback: Comparing Teaching-Award and Research-Award Recipients
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Symbaluk, Diane G.; Howell, Andrew J. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
We examined web-based ratings and open-ended comments of teaching-award winners (n = 120) and research-award winners (n = 119) to determine if teaching-award winners received more favourable ratings and comments on RateMyProfessors.com. As predicted, students rated teaching-award winners higher than research-award winners on measures of teaching…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Awards, College Faculty
Barriers and Pathways to Creating Sustainability Education Programs: Policy, Rhetoric and Reality
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Moore, Janet – Environmental Education Research, 2005
This article outlines an action-oriented research project regarding the University of British Columbia's engagement with sustainability. In 1997, the University of British Columbia (UBC) created a sustainability policy that suggests all UBC students should be educated about sustainability. Using data from a series of in-depth interviews the author…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development
A Review of Significant Contributions of Psychology to Canadian Higher Education.
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Donald, Janet Gail – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1981
Psychological research, it is suggested, has made significant contributions to Canadian higher education. Cognition and learning, the measurement of student abilities, instruction, the evaluation of teaching, student characteristics, the organization and operation of the university, and program evaluation are examined. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Cognitive Processes, College Instruction, Educational Psychology
Analyse des politiques d'evaluation de l'enseignement des universites canadiennes (Analysis of the Politics of Instructional Evaluation in Canadian Universities).
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Bernard, Huguette; Trahan, Michel – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1988
A survey of Canadian university policies concerning faculty evaluation found that institutions using evaluation for administrative purposes, with the student questionnaire the primary instrument. Peer review, written reports, and faculty interviews are also used. Differences between francophone and anglophone institutions and between eastern and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Collective Bargaining, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation