A study measured teaching effectiveness by level of agreement between student and faculty perceptions of the teachers' instructional behavior attributes and use of them. Results show little agreement between faculty and students on five attributes. Implications for instructional evaluation and for improving teaching are drawn. (MSE)

People in the creative arts are no less scholarly, but their scholarly efforts are less quantifiable. A rationale for accepting creative works as scholarly equivalents is developed by examining creativity, the creative process, and the creative product. An historical viewpoint about creativity, creative works, and their social importance is…

A new instrument used at Cornell University (New York) for measuring the teaching activities of clinical medical faculty quantifies levels of teaching and allows comparison of diverse teaching activities, complementing qualitative measures of teaching. Units of activity are weighted to calculate their relative value. (MSE)

A discussion of faculty portfolios as evidence of how college faculty spend their time, for purposes of evaluation and reward, looks at the range of legitimate faculty work, its role in distribution of rewards, criteria for judging quality and quantity, and collection, analysis and reporting of this information. (MSE)

Three academicians (Paul J. Friedman, Gail H. Cassell, Richard A. Cooper) discuss tenure in academic medicine. Friedman explains and defends the current system; Cassell argues that negative perceptions about tenured faculty are not supported by research but that better evaluation criteria are needed; and Cooper proposes that the purposes for…

Data indicate that faculty publication may not be as essential to university promotion and tenure as is commonly thought. Listed publications may be the result of padding and factors such as university service may influence promotion decisions. Universities need to adopt more stringent tenure and promotion policies based on explicit criteria. (DB)

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP), long dismissive of the idea of post-tenure faculty evaluation, has adopted a new policy offering guidance on how such a system should be set up, while insisting it should not be used to revoke tenure. The group still clearly opposes requiring tenured professors to undergo formal, regular,…

This article outlines an action-oriented research project regarding the University of British Columbia's engagement with sustainability. In 1997, the University of British Columbia (UBC) created a sustainability policy that suggests all UBC students should be educated about sustainability. Using data from a series of in-depth interviews the author…

This document outlines the procedures for reviewing and recommending faculty tenure at the El Paso County Community College District, in Texas. First, definitions are provided of the participants in the review process, including the tenure candidate, participating administrators, and committees. Next, eligibility for tenure is reviewed, indicating…

This paper presents eleven questions which must be raised concerning the use of student evaluations of community college teachers. Ten questions deal with the political, sociological, and psychological implications of the student evaluations currently in use. The last question concerns a legal matter--the use of unvalidated tests. (Author/DC)

Developed for faculty employed on a part-time basis at Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), this booklet explains the required and optional activities comprising the college's professional development program. Introductory sections reveal that part-time faculty members are required to participate in a number of professional development activities,…

Summarized in the first part of the report are the deliberations of the Southern Regional Education Board's Task Force on Faculty Evaluation and Institutional Reward Structures during 1976-77. The group assisted the SREB staff to analyze procedures currently used by institutions to judge faculty effectiveness, drew conclusions, and arrived at a…

In contrast to Professor Irene R. Kiernan's negative impression of the validity of student ratings of faculty (Community and Junior College Journal, April, 1975), the author, by examining recent research findings, concludes that the majority of studies point to a positive relationship between student ratings and student learning. (Author/NHM)

This publication is a bulletin of the standards used by the Alabama State Department of Education in 1969, for the evaluation and approval of programs of teacher education in the area of early childhood. The 14 standards enumerated include: institution's statement of purpose, organization and administration, program of instruction, faculty,…

This report presents the proceedings of the Conference on Models for the Evaluation of Teaching. The papers included are: (1) Teachers and Their Evaluation; (2) A Performance-Centered Model for the Evaluation of Teaching; (3) A Learner-Centered Model; (4) Evaluation as a Change Mechanism--A Management Model; (5) Faculty Roles in Evaluation; (6)…