This book guides the novitiate (and those who aspire to be professors) through the intricacies of survival and gives much tongue-in-cheek advice on how to be good at professoring. The author explains the mechanics of the hiring process, unique to academia, in which supply greatly exceeds demand, and nobody seems to pay much attention to the matter…

This paper presents an alternative plan to the system of academic tenure instituted at Webster College in Missouri. The alternative plan allows several options to faculty members: (1) with the 3rd-year contract, a faculty person may negotiate for a 1-semester sabbatical at half-salary or a summer sabbatical with negotiable salary; (2) with the…

Education warranties have been designed and implemented in response to national, regional, and local challenges to improve the teaching profession. These warranties provide an accountability channel from teacher preparation universities to hiring districts. They assure districts that the preparation university has rigorous admission and retention…

The proper use of objective ratings in faculty evaluation can be diagnostic, motivational, and remedial. Faculty effectiveness should improve if valid factors, properly weighted, are used periodically to evaluate teachers through objective ratings. (LBH)

Presents the Ten Commandments for Teachers'' derived from the words and work of Louis Agassiz. (PG)

A program for improving teaching on a campus should begin with an appraisal of the faculty attitudes toward improvement. (Editor)

A program at the University of Florida seeks to narrow the gap between theory and practice in teacher education. (Editor/HS)

How the author improved his teaching methods. (HS)

Describes a teacher education remedial reading program at Memphis State University, designed for preservice and in-service classroom teachers. (TJ)

Following some general examples of existing units, including a more detailed outline of the organization of McGill University's developed instructional improvement agencies, three main contributors to success are suggested and elaborated. Specific instructional improvement units are described. (Author/LBH)