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O'Meara, KerryAnn – Review of Higher Education, 2003
Examined the influence of beliefs and expectations on the first-year implementation of posttenure review in one state system. Findings indicate that beliefs and expectations concerning posttenure review's origins, purposes, and usefulness strongly influenced participants' experience of the process, as well as posttenure review's affect on…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, Expectation, Faculty Evaluation
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Aper, Jeffery P.; Fry, Judith E. – Journal of Higher Education, 2003
A national survey of the perceptions of chief academic officers and faculty representatives at U.S. graduate institutions regarding post-tenure review policy and practice suggests that such practices have been more symbol management than substance and more response to the rhetoric of accountability than intent to affect faculty status. (Author/EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Evaluation Utilization, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
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Rosenberg, Donald L. – ACA Bulletin, 1989
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)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education
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Chang, Yu-bi – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2000
A survey of 588 full-time tenure-track faculty indicated that two-thirds were involved in outreach; the quality of outreach activities should be judged by their effectiveness in meeting needs; and multiple measures should be used. Concerns included barriers to outreach participation and determination of what constitutes excellence. (SK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Outreach Programs
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Plater, William M. – Change, 2001
Explores the crucial role that tenure and post-tenure review may play in the future of American higher education, looking at recent debates about tenure and experiences of post-tenure review. Contends that tenure can be preserved, with post-tenure review the means of invigorating and renewing the profession. (EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Change, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
Gelmon, Sherril B.; Lederer, Miriam; Seifer, Sarena D.; Wong, Kristine – Metropolitan Universities, 2009
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…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Role, Educational Principles
Case, Chester H. – 1971
The key to tenure is evaluation; this paper is the result of dissatisfaction with the basic pattern of evaluation that prevails throughout California. The present Quality Control Model of Faculty Development is widespread, deeply entrenched, and grounded on assumptions and premises that are limited, obsolete, and contrary to the interests of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation
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Campbell, R. Lynn – Interchange, 1986
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)
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Court Role, Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Promotion
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Hellweg, Susan A.; Churchman, David A. – Planning for Higher Education, 1981
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)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Promotion
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Headrick, Charlotte J. – ACA Bulletin, 1991
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)
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education, Teacher Student Relationship
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Helms, Marilyn M.; Williams, Ashley B.; Nixon, Judy C. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2001
Reviews the history of tenure and post-tenure review, the theory of total quality management (TQM), the role of TQM in higher education, and finally how TQM can be implemented and even supported by tenure and post-tenure programs. Suggests institutional changes so that tenure, post-tenure review, and TQM can work compatibly together. (EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Tenure
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes how Peter Berkowitz, well known for his caustic political commentary, sued Harvard after it denied his tenure bid. As the first professor ever to take the institution to court for such a denial, Berkowitz has incurred disdain; supporters say he simply follows through on what he believes and expects others to do so. (EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Court Litigation, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Evaluation
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Thornton, Saranna – New Directions for Higher Education, 2005
A professor who uses a stop-the-clock policy cannot be certain that his or her total work output will be evaluated as if he or she had a normal probationary period. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Tenure, Higher Education, Personnel Policy
Hodgkinson, Harold L. – Research Reporter, 1972
Prompted by the current debate over tenure, the spread of teacher's unions, and the concern of legislators for providing a uniform teaching load in institutions of public higher education, there seems to be great interest in the whole area of faculty evaluation, as well as in the improvement of college and university teaching. The central purpose…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Teacher Effectiveness
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Bott, Paul A. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1988
Discusses a study to determine (1) criteria used in industrial and vocational education programs for evaluating faculty for tenure and promotion, (2) ways those criteria are weighted in the process, and (3) perceptions of department heads regarding the congruence of written policies with actual practices. (JOW)
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Industrial Education, Promotion (Occupational)
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