This chapter translates the recommendations made in the issue's previous chapters to inform departmental and college personnel decisions, particularly promotion and tenure. (EV)

This study adopted Jarzabkowski's (2005) qualitative, activity-based strategy as practice method to investigate leadership and management of interdisciplinary work. Interviews were conducted with 10 academics in Australia and the United Kingdom. Challenges raised by leaders of academic work can be grouped at various levels according to which…

This model is intended as a guideline for facilitating more objective and valid faculty promotion decisions in physical education departments. (MM)

The validity of the "publish or perish" dictum in faculty evaluation and promotion is discussed. Professors cannot always be expected to produce written works if adequate attention is to be paid to the duties of teaching. (CJ)

After two decades of reform, faculty and administrators at research universities have not shifted their attention from teaching to learning. It is also evident that promotion and tenure decisions for faculty are not clear cut. The picture becomes even murkier for faculty with a more even balance between traditional disciplinary research and…

A sample of research findings in the business/social science area is reviewed regarding: (1) how much research and publication is being done by academics; (2) the extent to which such activities have an effect on decisions associated with promotion, salary, and selection; and (3) how much importance academics themselves attach to research and…

The author argues that nursing faculty need more than a Ph.D. to be considered scholars in the field. A discussion of technical versus professional education in nursing is presented along with an examination of faculty rules for promotion and tenure in schools of nursing. (CT)

Reviews attempts of the academic theater community to develop a system to assess creative activity as a legitimate component for promotion and tenure decisions. (MM)

The findings of the evaluation of the three-year Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative are presented, describing changes in institutional capacity for community-engaged scholarship, and changes in promotion and tenure policies and processes. The change process in the participating institutions is assessed using the Kotter model of…

This paper deals with tenure and promotion in Canadian colleges and universities focusing on the history of judicial/arbitral review of college decision-making, confidentiality versus fairness, and the function of tenure and promotion in postsecondary institutions. (MT)

Examines the rates of faculty advancement during the formative years of the University of California at Santa Cruz. Found a significant relationship between faculty advancement and quality teaching, in addition to the usual relationship with length of service and publications. (JOW)

A model for minimizing or eradicating the weaknesses of the tenure system is offered. The model is designed to be responsive to the needs of higher education, specifically in providing for academic accountability. The system proposed makes decisions about pay, rank, and tenure independent of one another. (MLW)

Discusses the shortcomings of one college English department and suggests ways the department can be improved. (AEA)

Posits that faculty members avoid participation in continuing education because their involvement is scarcely considered in decisions regarding salary, tenure, and promotion. (JOW)

Discusses the uses and misuses of teacher evaluations. Opposes their use in a statistical way to evaluate promotion and tenure decisions and their awkwardness for the evaluation of theater artists. (SR)