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Gillespie, Diane – Change, 1989
The experiences of some faculty members who were recently honored at the American Association for Higher Education's National Conference on Higher Education, where they participated in a Forum on Extraordinary Teaching, is described. To talk publicly about one's teaching was a unique experience for the participants. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Faculty Development
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Terenzini, Patrick T.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Change, 1994
The following five common myths about college education are examined: (1) that institutional reputation reflects educational quality; (2) that traditional teaching methods are proven effective; (3) that good teachers are good researchers; (4) that faculty influence students only in class; and (5) that student academic and nonacademic experiences…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Role, Educational Quality
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Brigham, Steven E. – Change, 1993
Before higher education proceeds further with its use of the Total Quality Management (TQM) approach, it should examine TQM mistakes and accomplishments by previous users in the business sector, then create its own model for appropriate and effective TQM application. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Administration, Change Strategies, College Administration
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Zwerling, L. Steven – Change, 1988
A skeptic about the good reputation achieved by Miami-Dade Community College in recent years undertook a critical study of what the college was doing and how it has changed since 1960. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Administration, Community Colleges, Educational Innovation
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Webster, David S. – Change, 1981
Ranking American colleges, universities, and individual departments according to their academic quality is discussed. Six types of methodology used are identified: reputational rankings; faculty awards, honors, and prizes; citations in citation indexes; alumni achievements; scores of entering students on standardized tests; and institutional…
Descriptors: Alumni, Awards, Citations (References), College Faculty
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Orlans, Harold – Change, 1980
The Sloan Commission on Government and Higher Education Report, which tries to reconcile the demand for government aid with the maintenance of institutional independence, is discussed. The response to the commission's report is described. The commission's influence is seen to be undercut by its composition--mostly members of private institutions.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Federal Aid
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Massy, William F.; Wilger, Andrea K. – Change, 1995
A discussion of college faculty productivity defines the term and looks at related issues, including ways of improving productivity; costs of academic work; "deadwood"; and productive behavior as it relates to research, grantsmanship, instructional quality, enrollment and class size, and teaching load. Incentives and persuasive arguments are seen…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Faculty, College Instruction, Costs
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Winston, Gordon C. – Change, 1994
Decline in quality of undergraduate instruction is due not to general decline in faculty values but to an active market for faculty in which prestige-seeking colleges and universities compete to build institutional excellence through the faculty they hire, at the expense of undergraduate teaching. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Higher Education
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Shanker, Albert – Change, 1986
Moving to graduate-level teacher preparation and intensive clinical training will not magically institutionalize the knowledge base in teacher education. Teacher educators need to embrace the Carnegie report's intellectual and professional approach to what teachers ought to know, and its endorsement of the legitimacy and significance of teacher…
Descriptors: Blue Ribbon Commissions, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
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Brademas, John – Change, 1983
Some thoughts on higher education in the 1980s are presented. The commitments made to higher education by Congress have included: education accessible to those likely to be excluded either by economic or physical disadvantage, research, support of institutions of culture, and strengthening of international studies. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cultural Education, Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities
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Bowen, William G. – Change, 1981
Preserving the quality of graduate education in the arts and sciences is seen as the most serious educational challenge facing American universities over the next decade. The quality of graduate education must improve, while the overall numbers of graduate students and Ph.D. programs must be reduced in an orderly way. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Declining Enrollment, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
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Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Change, 1981
The Reagan revolution is making profound changes in the basic assumptions that have undergirded American educational and social policy. The time has come to form a new national consensus whose unifying idea is educational quality. The declining quality of teachers poses the gravest threat to the quality of education. (MLW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Equal Education
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Enarson, Harold H. – Change, 1980
Colleges, universities, and the government have been trying to find the appropriate balance between autonomy and accountability, restraint and regulations. It is suggested that decisions should be made at the appropriate level within an organization, and over-regulation costs more in diminished creativity than could be saved through tight…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Presidents, Coordination
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Allinson, Richard S. – Change, 1980
The federal government's Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) faces a precarious future. Three problems include: a bureaucratic tug-of-war between the Justice Department and the new Department of Education, the loss of appropriations, and a debate about the values of programs, and the types of courses and degrees offered. (MLW)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Community Colleges, Criminology, Educational Quality
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Bernstein, Alison – Change, 1988
The chancellor of the California community college system has begun a controversial effort to achieve higher academic standards through governance reform. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Role, Centralization, College Presidents
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