In this paper, six interviews with course coordinators from two mathematics departments are analysed to better understand the relationship between course coordination and local data in the Precalculus to Calculus 2 sequence with respect to online grading platforms. We highlight several potential coordinator decisions and present illustrative…

Compares results of a survey of chief psychologists in medical schools to results of a similar survey reported in 1978. Reports that changes in bylaws of university-affiliated hospitals have enabled psychologists to be members of the active medical staff and that progress has been made in achieving departmental status for psychology. (KH)

Examines full-time faculty in graduate departments of psychology in terms of tenure status, academic rank, and new appointments, and the relationships among these faculty characteristics. Presents data for various years and compares psychology faculty with science and engineering faculty. (Author/MJL)

Advocates the use of wide-area networking systems (WANS) by English departments to bring the whole world's public discourse into classrooms. Maintains English departments need people who speak the language of networking technology to understand how it can support or defeat pedagogical goals, and to garner computing resources. Offers a brief…

Discusses the use of citation analysis for ranking academic papers and its application in ranking black studies departments. The author presents results of a nationwide citation analysis--totaling 579 papers--of African American or black studies. Ranking results of black studies departments, universities, and black studies scholars are presented.…

Discusses the compelling motivations for a department to recruit faculty effectively and efficiently and how to integrate these motivations into the hiring process. Explores different perspectives of chairpersons and new hirees on retaining new faculty. Offers six steps to facilitate retention of new hires. (SR)

Debate exists over the best place to locate English-as-a-Second-Language programs at the university. While programs have been placed within various departments, placements are essentially either academic or extended studies, both of which have advantages. It is important to determine who the program will attract and serve and how it is viewed…

A review of the 1983 attempt to close the Department of Adult Education at the University of Southampton illuminates the debates over the nature of adult education, the end of political consensus about educational policy, and the demise of the "Great Tradition" of university liberal education in the process of mainstreaming extramural…

Offers information and observations on six areas of legal concern in circumstances where tenure is denied and the individual decides to contest the decision. Advises making the tough decisions early in the process, following the established process, and being as clear as possible in intentions and communication. (SR)

Reviews books and articles to help the department chair enhance faculty teaching. Discusses sources on beginning a teaching-enhancement program, attitudes and teaching improvement, and resources for teaching improvement. (SR)

Discusses a biochemical engineering program for undergraduate and graduate students. Describes three university programs including the goals, courses, and problems involved. (YP)

The aim of this plan is to provide the reader with an outline of the New York State Education Department's commitment to equal employment opportunity and its obligation to comply with various anti-discrimination laws. These laws include the New York State Human Rights Law, the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, Section 504 of the…

To establish a sophisticated planning mechanism that will translate readily to affordable tactical steps, university planners must have a good understanding of the cost structure of individual academic and administrative departments and of the efficiency and effectiveness of the staffs of those departments. (MLW)

Schools are in the midst of serious reform as they attempt to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act and make adjustments that will positively impact students? academic lives. Yet, to accomplish these outcomes, schools need help, and state departments of education and local school districts are obligated to provide such assistance.…

Focuses on interdisciplinary conflicts in the mental health field. Describes a series of events in a medical school's department of psychiatry. Examines the dynamics of interdisciplinary conflict in two contexts: (1) the politicization of the internal conflicts; and (2) the use of interdisciplinary conflict to obscure other basic conflicts.…