A comparison of faculty and student evaluation of an instructor-rating questionnaire at Northampton County Area Community College, Pennsylvania, is the subject of this report. Students and faculty members were asked to specify the relative importance of 12 given areas considered in instructor evaluation, and then to suggest scores between 10 and…

Arguing that it is difficult to discuss the student's role in faculty selection, evaluation and retention outside the broader context of the student's role in decision making (see Jenks, HE 001 251), the author describes the new unicameral system at the University of New Hampshire and some of the processes the institution went through in achieving…

This bibliography, prepared by the Canadian Teachers' Federation, presents documents covering a 5-year period concerning teacher evaluation. One hundred twenty-seven books, 193 articles, and 29 theses are listed. An introductory statement indicates sources consulted and where the document may be obtained. (MJM)

An assessment of the apparent realities surrounding faculty hesitation to become involved in computer-based education. (Author)

Describes a novel procedure for assessing teaching performance and presents preliminary data which indicate the potential feasibility of this approach.'' (Author)

A parable illustrating gap between professor and student. (Editor)

Discusses methods for evaluating college teachers: self evaluation, evaluation by students, evaluation by colleagues, and evaluation by administrators. Maintains that good teaching should be encouraged and rewarded. (PR)

Analyzes excellence in teaching, expertise in teaching, and the scholarship of teaching according to the nature and sources of knowledge construction underlying each. Illustrates the differences with practical examples. Asserts that excellence in teaching and the scholarship of teaching are both important but should be recognized and rewarded in…

This chapter considers the limitations of traditional faculty assessment systems in the context of Boyers' four domains of scholarship and suggests a new organizing template for realigning assessment systems to accommodate work in all four domains. (EV)

This chapter places debates on the place of scholarship of teaching and learning in promotion and tenure decisions in the context of "Scholarship Reconsidered" and "Scholarship Assessed," and reports on cases of faculty who have used the scholarship of teaching and learning to advance their academic careers. (EV)

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…

The status of debate coaching as a career is on the decline. Conflicting priorities create tension between the roles of professor and director of forensics (DOF). One major problem is the academic expectation for an active life of scholarship, juxtaposed with the time-consuming demands of intensive work with the undergraduate forensic program in a…

The results of a survey of student evaluation of faculty in library schools are presented in tables and text. (PF)

Judgment analysis was used to determine the policy by which judges rated 60 profiles of college teachers. While six of the judges seemed to be opposed to evaluation, the other judges generally rated classroom teaching and professional activities as the most important variables in effective teaching. (HMD)