Briefly considers four levels of intellectual integration and synthesis of knowledge and then, based on the fourth level, presents a model of faculty development in which an interdisciplinary team is granted release time to address a common intellectual goal. Presents factors influencing teacher participation in and benefits from interdisciplinary…

Higher education must place a premium on academic self-renewal during the remainder of this century when the opportunity to provide for new ideas and new skills through hiring new faculty will be constrained. It is important that professors recognize the mutuality of institutional interests and self-interests in meeting these challenges. (CH)

Six methods by which the departmental chairperson can improve instruction are presented. The first method is improving instruction by example. The chairman can sponsor discussions at faculty meetings designed to explore what comprises good teaching and identify members of his/her staff to serve as models. A second method of improving instruction…