Results from a two-year study of the individualized contract plan (ICP) approach to faculty evaluation indicate this is a workable method of performance evaluation for allied health faculty. The ICP was found to be individualized, systematic, flexible, and objective. Five major recommendations were made regarding the continued use of the ICP and…

Systematic post-tenure evaluation, uniformly and universally applied, preserves the strengths of tenure while allaying public suspicions about tenure and concerns about faculty vigor and accountability. Failure to address increasing public concerns will otherwise increase the likelihood of external regulation. (MSE)

Contrary to beliefs that employment of adjunct faculty may negatively influence classroom quality, this study found that students in an off-campus university program did give higher ratings to regular faculty but evaluated the performance of both groups as strong to outstanding. (Author)

Results of a conference reviewing recommendations favoring post-tenure evaluation were that: current procedures for evaluating faculty are satisfactory; additional formal periodic evaluation would incur unacceptable costs and scant benefit; and results of any evaluation should not be used as grounds for dismissal. (MSE)

The purpose of this study was to determine how changes in students' grade expectations affect their evaluations of instructors and courses. Changes in student interest and expected grade in the course emerged as the most important determinants in changing the students' evaluations of the instructors and the courses. (Author)

This report examines post-tenure review for college faculty and reviews initiatives to strengthen post-tenure review at Oregon University System (OUS) institutions. It defines post-tenure review and discusses the issues involved in implementing such policies. The report addresses the components of the post-tenure review process, including…

Admonishes faculty members that their fears about student evaluation of teachers are usually groundless in practice and that such evaluations are only one part of the entire evaluation process. (TO)

Diagnoses the abrogationists'' or those faculty members who habitually deprecate the college administration, other faculty members, and the calibre of the students. (DS)

Provides results from a survey, designed to assess the quality of graduate faculties and programs in the field, of faculty members in departments of educational administration. Data concerning the relative quality of graduate departments of educational administration in the United States are presented. (Author/JH)

An examination of letters of recommendations written by English literature and chemistry professors for colleagues seeking academic positions in other universities revealed that particularism, nonprofessional and, perhaps, irrational factors were as much a part of the evaluation of their colleagues as were criteria usually thought to be germane to…

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)

Investigation of independent study programs, the current status of student self-direction and the forces opposing further development. (Editor/IR)

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…

Discusses commonalities and differences between faculty development and faculty evaluation, illustrating why, in practice, each is likely to fail without the other. Shows how the two concepts are key elements in organizational change. Calls for individual and institutional changes for institutional performance improvement. (DMM)