The President of San Jose State University, noting that a major impact of collective bargaining in higher education will be in the area of academic standards, discusses the dispute over "open files," maintaining that confidentiality of peer judgement is the best way to assure candor and honesty in evaluating faculty performance. (JT)

Possible administrative policies to defer the tenure decision and slow the addition of tenured faculty are examined, including extended probationary periods, suspension or abolition of the "up-or-out" rule, term contracts, and change in tenure quotas. Examples of current use, strengths and weaknesses of alternatives, and opinions within the…

A national survey of liberal arts colleges' institutional policies and practices in evaluating faculty performance and classroom teaching, focusing on the changes in evaluation since 1978, is reported. Factors considered, their frequency of use, and sources of information for evaluation are examined. (MSE)