Content analysis was done of actual performance appraisal policies, procedures, and forms of 86 schools with graduate programs in nursing. Performance appraisal systems were found to be in early stages of development. There was agreement of teaching, service, and research as domains; there was less consensus as to the attributes of domains. (JOW)

Conditions that can enhance college teachers' acceptance and productive use of feedback about instruction are outlined, including understanding of the purposes of evaluation, who provides the feedback, the message itself (form, timing, sources, and subsequent messages), characteristics of the recipient, immediate environment, and consequences…

Describes a study of posttenure faculty review in community colleges in the north central United States, indicating that 70 percent of 610 respondents had systems for posttenure review. Discusses evaluation criteria; outcomes and problems associated with the review process; perceptions regarding effectiveness and benefit of posttenure evaluation;…

Kent State University nursing faculty established a peer-review process through a task-force approach. Classroom and clinical observations and teaching circles were the most effective methods. Program success was attributed to its voluntary nature, its reflection of organizational culture, and administrative support. (SK)

Presents recommendations of a faculty/administrator committee at Louisiana State University concerning faculty ranks and reviews, especially of nontenured full-time faculty who specialize in either teaching or research. It proposes rolling multiple-year contracts for instructors, new titles for non-teaching research scientists, university…

The author reflects on the process of assembling an evaluation dossier after a year as an assistant professor that examined questions of quality related to the traditional evaluation categories of teaching, research and service by performing a critically reflexive self-assessment exercise that applied action-research methodology of appreciative…

Administrators of accounting education programs (106 respondents) were asked about the use of student evaluations of faculty and the relative importance of teaching in evaluations. The relative emphasis given student evaluations was inversely associated with the weight assigned to teaching in faculty evaluations. (SK)

Maintains that creative teaching with effectiveness that is rigorously substantiated, demonstrated educational leadership, and use of educational methods that advance learners' knowledge are consistent with the traditional definition of scholarship and faculty who meet these criteria are scholars and should be recognized by promotion. Outlines an…

Menges identifies four areas of educational research in which data is substantial but much less useful than it could be: faculty behaviors and intentions; technology-mediated instruction; effective evaluative decisions and context-specific research. He suggests some directions for future research. (JM)

Ory emphasizes four processes in assessing faculty: examining the craft of teaching; faculty members reflecting on the quality of and standards for their work; receiving feedback from others with the expectation that faculty will improve and assessing the work of others by focusing on the value of the work. (JM)

A principal belief embedded in promotion and tenure and in annual review decisions is that faculty members should and can be simultaneously productive in teaching and research. This study used national survey data to estimate by discipline and type of institution the percentage of faculty who meet this standard. (Author)

Analysis of data from the 1993 National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty showed that faculty value teaching over research. At the same time, the explicit reward structure of academe favors research and publication, rewarding "productivity" in these arenas with money and status. Implications of this disconnect between values and rewards…

Skeptics may be quick to question the quality of teaching and learning in the online environment. Thus, to answer questions about quality of instruction, it is essential to find ways to identify and illustrate best practice for teaching and learning that takes place in eLearning environments. Within the context of this article and the belief of…

While there are many factors that affect the quality of teacher education programs, one specific related factor, a culture of accountability, will be addressed in this reflection of Haberman's work. A systematic review of faculty performance with specific rubrics and increasing expectation based on earned faculty rank is a necessary step in…

This study examined shared governance in public, unionized community colleges and creates a national inventory of areas in which faculty participate in governance according to the language of collective-bargaining agreements. The findings suggest that community college faculty are engaged in shared governance in both the traditional academic areas…