Because of the growing emphasis on tenure and faculty evaluation the Southern Regional Education Board conducted a survey of faculty evaluation procedures. Questionnaires received from 536 private and public institutions in a 14-state region illustrate the picture of who evaluates, how, and why. The survey showed that the department chairperson…

As a guide to its deliberations, the Faculty Professional Growth Committee of the St. Louis Junior College District prepared and distributed to all members of the professional teaching staff a questionnaire covering what should be included in faculty evaluations, how much weight should be given to each item, and whether teaching effectiveness…

Five different metaphors of evaluation are discussed: judging, criticizing, assessing, appraising, rating; the faculty can be evaluated for appointment, tenure, promotion, salary, termination, improvement. Faculty can be evaluated for research, teaching, and service, and they can be evaluated by other faculty, administrators, students, and outside…

The evaluation of teaching and the assessment of teachers are seen as similar activities with different aims. This point is argued on the basis of experience with established practice in higher education and through a comparison with practices in other professions. A model is constructed. (Author/MLW)

To maintain a high level of trust between faculty and administration at Itawamba Community College (ICC), a system of faculty evaluation for purposes of contract renewal has been developed. At ICC, the faculty review process, a system for the improvement of teaching and learning, is defined as a different function. This report provides an overview…

The development of evaluation and development programs for clinical faculty was based on information and criteria gathered from 22 other doctoral pharmacy programs. Specific guidelines for promotion and/or continuing appointment and an outline of the faculty training program in clinical research, evaluative research, and improved teaching are…

The Berkeley student evaluation questionnaire by Hildebrand, Wilson, and Dienst was modified to reflect the Whitely-Doyle factorial structure of implicit theories students hold about teaching characteristics of their instructors. Student ratings appear to be valid indicators of teaching competency, admissable as evidence to be used for faculty…

When asked what activities contributed most to promotion to higher academic rank, faculty in a large midwestern medical school perceived research as the single most important activity. Department chairmen, however, included teaching, patient care, and administration/service as well. Clearly stated promotion criteria are recommended. (MSE)

Sweeney is the first higher education case in which a court overruled unanimous peer recommendation against promotion and tenure. The possible implications for the peer review or collegial model of making faculty promotion and tenure decisions are examined, and more thorough and objective decision methods are recommended. (MSE)

Asserts that, as institutional assessment becomes a more prominent feature of the higher education landscape, community colleges are looking for better ways to evaluate their quality. Provides examples of and tools for faculty evaluation and includes research regarding the practices of evaluation at two-year colleges in the United States. Cites 15…

Two divergent views are contrasted: the multidimensional and the unidimensional views of faculty evaluation. The views of H. W. Marsh, the most outspoken advocate of the multidimensional view of evaluation based on factor scores, is summarized and a response to his concerns is presented. (Author/MLW)

A strategy for assisting candidates for promotion is outlined. Teaching, research, and service remain the key criteria for faculty evaluation. Untenured faculty must devote time to research and teaching: developing manuscripts for publication, writing proposals for extramural funding, conceptualizing a program of research, formulating new courses,…

Discusses ways to reward and promote excellent teachers based on a survey of higher education promotion practices in the United Kingdom. Highlights include the need for promotion criteria; the need for standards; balancing different areas of achievement, including teaching, research, and administration; student feedback questionnaires;…

Guidelines for evaluating clinician-educators are based on four forms of scholarship (application, teaching, integration, and discovery) and offer principles for making promotion decisions. These principles include encouragement of diversity, weighting of scholarship types, discipline- and institution-determined criteria, and evaluation of…

Raises questions about the evaluation process for composition faculty who use computer and Internet technologies in the classroom and for distance learning. Discusses the "panoptic" effect made possible by the accessibility of class Web pages to administrators. Concludes with a set of practical recommendations for faculty and their departments on…