Nursing faculty (N=28) in baccalaureate programs were interviewed about work-related activities, publication rates, and primary interests. This was compared with similar data from faculty in other disciplines. Results indicate that nursing faculty favor teaching activities and are less oriented toward conducting research than their peers. (CH)

Data from the Social Science Citation Index were used to rank publication records of 788 scholars in 12 industrial relations and related journals from 1983-88. Such analysis could be used as one objective measure of research excellence in promotion and tenure decisions. (SK)

Chairs of 175 industrial and technology education programs indicated that 84.8% have a system of posttenure faculty review; nearly 30% said that over 10% of tenured faculty were performing below standard. A majority felt that posttenure review was marginally or not effective. The continuum of review procedures ranged from authoritarian to…

Students' evaluations of a lesson were made on the same videotaped lesson after students were informed that the lesson was difficult or that it was easy, and after they were given a hard or easy content test. A two-way factorial design was employed with 92 undergraduate students, who were randomly assigned to conditions. After all students…

The purpose was to identify characteristics of the faculty and departments which had voluntarily initiated instructional innovations through the Educational Development Program (EDP). A profile of the participating faculty was developed and characteristics of 90 EDP project directors were compared with those of a random sample of 250 other faculty…

This study was undertaken to devise a standardized faculty evaluation instrument which could be used by all departments at Rhode Island Junior College and which could be easily filled out by students, colleagues, and the department chairpersons of the instructor being evaluated. In order to ascertain the preferences of the college community…

A survey was mailed to randomly selected two-year colleges in order to investigate physical education programs aand faculty status. Information was requested on curricular offerings and enrollments, faculty and chairperson status, teaching and coaching experience, workload responsibilities, and evaluation techniques. Results are discussed. (MT)

Selected literature related to faculty evaluations by students was reviewed. The psychometric properties of evaluation instruments were examined with particular emphasis on factors that affect validity. The findings suggest that caution should be exercised when interpreting student evaluations because their validity can be questionable. (MT)

Summarizes a study of full-time library faculty of Canadian graduate library schools in terms of country of origin, citizenship, age, education and experience, publications and research, and draws comparisons with previous research. (CWM)

This study examined the relative importance of teaching, research, and institutional service, as well as the emphasis placed by administrators upon performance factors within teaching, research, and service. It also compared evaluation practices of departments of management with those of other departments within the typical business school. (JOW)

Responses from 208 of 663 business school deans showed, in applying new accreditation standards of American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business to 3 faculty evaluation factors, there is change in favor of perceived importance of teaching. Accredited institutions rate teaching less important than intellectual contributions. Mission emphasis…

Content analysis was done of actual performance appraisal policies, procedures, and forms of 86 schools with graduate programs in nursing. Performance appraisal systems were found to be in early stages of development. There was agreement of teaching, service, and research as domains; there was less consensus as to the attributes of domains. (JOW)

Describes a study of posttenure faculty review in community colleges in the north central United States, indicating that 70 percent of 610 respondents had systems for posttenure review. Discusses evaluation criteria; outcomes and problems associated with the review process; perceptions regarding effectiveness and benefit of posttenure evaluation;…

Administrators of accounting education programs (106 respondents) were asked about the use of student evaluations of faculty and the relative importance of teaching in evaluations. The relative emphasis given student evaluations was inversely associated with the weight assigned to teaching in faculty evaluations. (SK)

A principal belief embedded in promotion and tenure and in annual review decisions is that faculty members should and can be simultaneously productive in teaching and research. This study used national survey data to estimate by discipline and type of institution the percentage of faculty who meet this standard. (Author)