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Download full textAndrews, Hans A. – 1991
With faculty negotiations becoming legal in more states, it is not uncommon to find faculty groups wanting to include the faculty evaluation system as an item to be negotiated. While some courts suggest that negotiating evaluation is against public policy, it is, nevertheless, being negotiated in a significant number of contracts. In 1991, a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Florida State Postsecondary Education Commission, Tallahassee. – 1986
A report of a study of faculty personnel practices, including tenure, in Florida's state universities and community colleges is presented. The objective was to determine the impact of the practices on a college's ability to attract and retain faculty and to respond to changing enrollment patterns. Background information is presented on: tenure…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Contracts
Peer reviewedCentra, John A. – Journal of Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated the use of teaching portfolios and student evaluations in evaluating 97 college faculty members for contract renewal. Two faculty peers and a dean evaluated the portfolio of each teacher. Student evaluations correlated reasonably well with portfolio evaluations by the deans and one of the peers. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Contracts
Chait, Richard P.; Ford, Andrew T. – 1982
Based on information gathered in a survey of senior academic administrators and from in-depth, on-site interviews with faculty, staff, and trustees on campuses across the United States, the successes and failures of principal academic personnel--traditional tenure, tenure with modifications, and nontenure term-contract systems--are described.…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrative Policy, Case Studies, College Administration
Direct linkO'Meara, KerryAnn; Braskamp, Larry – NASPA Journal, 2005
How can higher education inspire and reinforce greater faculty involvement in the life of the "whole student" given current constraints on and expectations for faculty work? Research from two recent national surveys of chief academic officers on faculty work sheds light on this question by highlighting current faculty employment conditions and…
Descriptors: Rewards, Faculty Development, Teacher Role, National Surveys
Peer reviewedGriner, Paul F.; Blumenthal, David – Academic Medicine, 1998
Case studies of 10 medical schools identified innovative mechanisms of faculty governance and management to enlist faculty in meeting demands of a competitive marketplace, including appointment letters explicitly specifying roles and responsibilities; annual, objective, performance reviews; salary tied to performance; lengthened pretenure period;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Contracts, Employment Patterns
