Seeks to obtain approximations of the quantity and impact of scholarly journal publication among members of Canada's faculties of education and to tentatively identify some Canadian faculties of education whose members might be particularly productive. Also provides two bases for making comparisons between faculties in terms of scholarly…

Describes an evaluation program established at the Yosemite Institute which emphasizes assessment to achieve smooth functioning, while avoiding increased cost, increased data gathering, and unwarranted interference in the activities of individual staff members. (SL)

Discusses problems related to evaluation of college faculty and describes popular evaluation methods. Advocates a pluralist method of evaluation which measures an instructor's success in achieving self-proclaimed goals which vary from teacher to teacher and from course to course. (Author/DB)

Student forms for evaluating instruction are examined from three perspectives: as forms themselves, through their relationship with their authors, and through the milieu in which they exist. Results suggest that the forms objectify students, reify knowledge, place themselves beyond criticism, and reinforce "banking" education and closed learning…

Reviews literature on strategies to facilitate the effective supervision of part-time community college faculty, identifying common approaches to faculty evaluation (e.g., student evaluations, classroom observations, and artifact collection) and ways of improving teaching performance (e.g., supplying instructional information, and orientation and…

Given the intensified importance of the promotion and tenure process, the question arises as to whether the faculty's peer reviewing role formally extends beyond the departmental level antecedent to administrative review. The typical structure and function for that role is discussed. (MLW)

The Supreme Court decision to let stand a lower-court ruling that allows a government agency to inspect confidential documents in a faculty tenure case is discussed. An appeal by Franklin and Marshall College on a decision granting the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission access to tenure materials was declined. (MLW)

The Center for Instructional Development uses elements of a comprehensive planning program in working with faculty and administrators to improve teaching and learning. Its organization, development process, and impact are discussed. (LBH)

This paper examines the current status of standards and assessment in California, focusing on the system's successes and failures, and on how professors of educational administration can be involved and of assistance to administrators and teachers in this endeavor. At this time, the California accountability system and other mandated factors have…

This paper gives an overview, from an institutional point of view, of the problems and issues surrounding faculty development. The paper sketches out four main changes that are occurring in higher education that have defined the sense of what faculty development issues of the future will be: changes in academic disciplines; changes in students;…

Article explores several questions about the value of student evaluation of teachers, and describes one school's experience with student evaluation. (Editor)

A comparions of student and administrative opinions concerning faculty competence based on time allotted to teaching or research reveals differing and largely incorrect suppositions by both groups. (WM)

Relationship of tuition, faculty size, compensation, work load and class size. (Editor)

Argues that the ultimate problem of education lies, not with the teachers, but with society itself." (Author/SW)