Three teaching evaluation forms for assessing university supervisors are presented. The forms are designed for use by student teachers, cooperating teachers, and administrators, respectively, and each form uses different criteria. (DS)

Reports on the relationship of research activities, teaching effectiveness and rank of faculty members in seventeen academic departments at Carnegie-Mellon University. Results indicate teaching quality is unrelated to assignment and promotion and that research activity is strongly related to promotion. (JM)

Describes a study that compared the faculty evaluation practices of a sample of occupational therapy (OT) chairpersons with those of a national sample of deans of liberal arts colleges. Discusses significant differences and similarities between the two groups and raises questions about the defensibility of evaluating certain dimensions of OT…

A survey of continuing education administrators addressed the question of the interpretation of the public service component of faculty evaluation. A majority of responses revealed that teaching credit or noncredit continuing education courses as a community service was not widely recognized in tenure and evaluation processes. (SK)

Describes an evaluation/promotion system developed at Pensacola Junior College whereby an anonymous faculty committee would independently evaluate each candidate's promotion documentation. After six years, very little agreement was found among the committee's evaluations. Evaluators worked from their own unique sets of criteria of effectiveness.…

A survey of 567 medical school faculty found women were less likely to be tenured or at the professor level, spent more time in clinical activities, had less time for scholarly activity, and reported slower career progress. Significant differences were also found between female physician and non-physical faculty with female physicians reporting…

Argues that the use of teaching portfolios can improve college faculty teaching skills and provide evaluators with useful information in promotion/tenure decisions. Suggestions are offered for portfolio content, portfolio design, and ways to create an institutional climate of acceptance. (DB)

For too strictly judging job applicants on their academic merits, an outstanding Brooklyn College history professor incurred administrative wrath that--in a vicious campaign of innuendo and slander couched in allegations of "uncollegiality"--almost sank his career. Margaret King chronicles how an alliance of those interested in scholarly…

The end of faculty growth in higher education has led to near panic predictions of aging, highly tenured, more costly, steady-state faculties as the "growth bulge" hired in the 1960's age. This study discusses two models for simulating the behavior over time of indices of faculty health such as average age and salary, annual new hires,…

This report discusses criticism of academic tenure and examines the literature that supports or refutes these criticisms. The author finds current tenure practices result in a collective faculty that will age over time and that the percentage of tenured faculty will increase markedly. But he also concludes that studies of faculty adaptability and…

Given the intensified importance of the promotion and tenure process, the question arises as to whether the faculty's peer reviewing role formally extends beyond the departmental level antecedent to administrative review. The typical structure and function for that role is discussed. (MLW)

A comparions of student and administrative opinions concerning faculty competence based on time allotted to teaching or research reveals differing and largely incorrect suppositions by both groups. (WM)

The steps involved in evaluating college faculty are discussed, including the decision making on the focus, evaluation design, criteria, data collection processes, material review, and committee formation. (JMF)

Following a review of research on the effects of different variables on student ratings of instructors, a study is reported which compared the effects of different sets of instructions on student evaluations of the course and instructor--for example, would they be used for administrative decisions or only by the instructor? (RAO)

A sample of letters of recommendation regarding job applicants or staff members in view of promotions were rated independently by senior professors showing a tendency on the part of most judges to disagree with regard to the value of the letters. Relationships between letters and type and quality of university were also examined. (JT)