Chairpersons of departments of psychology and sociology were surveyed concerning the attitudes toward hiring a professional couple in their departments. Responses indicated opposition by 37 percent of the chairpersons, neutrality by 25 percent, and support by 38 percent. (Author)

Questionnaires administered to 189 professional educators, 61 parents of handicapped children and 21 parent advocates rated criteria for print materials development and dissemination in terms of physical characteristics, readability/language, coverage of P.L. 94-142 (The Education For All Handicapped Children Act), and coverage of services. (CL)

To be effective teachers should have a knowledge of subject matter, the ability to organize and present material in a way that emphasizes broad concepts but makes practical application apparent, and model what they teach. They should also be able to keep their wits about them through many interruptions. (RM)

In Taiwan's universities and colleges, the engineering department is a significant asset to higher education programs, and the department chair is expected to play multiple roles and take on many responsibilities. In order to know these roles and responsibilities better, 4 roles and 29 responsibilities were identified and constructed into a…

Within any college and university, it is in the academic department where most of the work is accomplished in educating students and carrying out the institution's academic mission. Department chairs are at the front lines of policy implementation. At a recent meeting members of [New England Resource Center for Higher Education's] NERCHE's…

This test of the Biglan model demonstrated that differences did exist on certain tasks for clusters of department chairpersons. The tasks identified for each cluster represent professional development needs common to all chairs in the cluster and different from the needs of chairs in the other clusters. (Author/IRT)

Describes how the English Department at Loyola University of Chicago, adopted assessment measures beneficial to the department's program and acceptable to administrators, faculty, and students. (TB)

Across the United States, business leaders and educators agree that too many high school students are graduating without the skills they need to succeed in the workplace or in higher education. This lack of preparation leads to problems in meeting the needs of the economy, and it means remedial classes for college freshmen. Included in this…

The views of biology department heads concerning the state of the art in program development were surveyed. A random sample of 132 biology department heads in state-supported colleges and universities responded to questions focusing on program development and curriculum aspects. The responses were compared to those of English, history, and…

The purpose of this study was to gauge the profile of evolutionary theory in Lebanese undergraduate biology programs. The research focused mainly on the views of university biology department heads, given that they are the people who exercise the most direct influence over their departments' ethos. An Australasian sample was chosen as a reference…

Human service program directors were surveyed to identify difficulties of bachelor's level mental health/human service programs that coexist with an accredited bachelor's level social work program. Of 12 universities where the programs coexist, a sample of 7 was investigated, using current college bulletins of the respective programs. Data were…

This study focused on department heads'/ chairs' perceptions of the appraisal interview (a face-to-face interpersonal communication event), assessment of the faculty member's role in the appraisal interview, and assessment of the academic administrator's role in the appraisal interview. The results indicate that approximately 20% of respondents…

Supported by the U.S. Office of Education as part of the evaluation of the Regional Curriculum Project, 50 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia.

Discusses the analysis of questionnaire data submitted by a sample of 39 heads of mathematics departments in Midland schools. (Author/IRT)