A survey of 346 academic officers at 2-year colleges investigated the ways in which they honor faculty, selection methods, and perceived institutional benefits of teaching award programs. Suggestions for assessing an institution's methods of honoring exemplary teaching are outlined, using illustrations from the experiences of survey respondents.…

"OATYC Journal," which is published by the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges, is designed as a forum for the exchange of concepts, methods, and findings relevant to the two-year college classroom. Along with commentaries and letters of reaction from the readership, the Winter 1978 issue presents the following articles: (1)…

In response to a critique of teacher performance by student representatives on the faculty council (e.g. that professors were dull and stodgy, even readers of dull notes), the author offers guidelines on how to decide who is a good teacher, how much can be learned froma dull professor, and other basic considerations. (Editor/JT)

THE INTER-INSTITUTIONAL TEACHING EXPERIMENT DESCRIBED DEMONSTRATES THAT FACULTIES OF SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING MAY WORK TOGETHER IN A COOPERATIVE PROJECT FOR IMPROVEMENT IN COLLEGE TEACHING. ALTHOUGH THIS COOPERATION IS A NEW AND COMPLEX FIELD IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, IT IS HIGHLY USEFUL. THERE SEEMED TO BE MANY DIFFERENCES IN…

A 34-item student evaluation instrument designed to reliably measure major dimensions of college teaching effectiveness is presented. The student is asked to respond to such statements as "The instructor motivated the students" and "I would not recommend this course to a friend," by checking the response category appropriate (strongly disagree,…

A conceptual framework containing three domains for an administrative perspective on faculty evaluation is presented. The first domain deals with faculty need satisfaction; the second centers on the instructors' work environment; and the third relates to the appropriateness of evaluation instruments. (Editor)

Feedback, instead of evaluation, needs to be the main technique used in faculty development, and its primary focus should be on instructional improvement. Faculty consultants need to devote more time to helping both faculty and students through effective feedback techniques and the development of communication and interpersonal skills. (MLW)

The different indices currently in use for evaluating research, teaching, and service activities are surveyed. The use of these criteria are discussed in view of the shifting framework of evaluation in the university from that based on promotion and tenure decisions to one based on institutional review. Author/MLW)

A procedure and rationale for evaluating college teaching using behaviorally anchored rating scales are presented. (Author)

Examines military and industrial research on peer assessment and discusses relevance to peer review of college teaching. Gives special attention to practical issues in assessing reliability and validity of peer evaluations, and discusses three characteristics of academic institutions (personal teaching styles/definition of "peer"/nature of…

Examines use of collaborative college faculty peer review for instructional improvement. Establishes rationales for formative evaluation of teaching, peer review in instructional improvement, and comprehensive faculty evaluation that includes peer review. Examines roles faculty might play in assessing colleagues' teaching; describes five methods…

Proposes a broader concept of college faculty peer evaluation, in which perspectives of teacher, learner, and observer are considered. Argues that three basic principles (intention/interpretation, advisement/appraisement, acceptability/accessibility) must necessarily and minimally guide peer evaluation. Presents a four-part, multidimensional peer…

Teaching portfolios provide college faculty and department chairs with the means to recognize good teaching and promote the values of the discipline. Portfolio content should include information on what is taught and why, documentation of teaching strategies, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and a teaching improvement plan. (MSE)

The author proposes that the unique benefit of self-evaluation for college faculty is the close involvement it gives the teacher in considering the effectiveness of their own teaching. Different methods of self-evaluation are considered, and a technique involving keeping a course log that has been found successful is explained. (Author/MSE)

This article argues that higher education's current preoccupation with student evaluations of teachers encourages student passivity and disregards the importance of the contribution learners must make to learn; students who grade faculty for four years are being taught to blame someone else for their failures. (MSE)