Discusses the results of a study that examined the influences of scholarly requirements, including research and publication, on academic librarians' ability to earn tenure or continuous employment. Reviews previous studies and discusses survey results that indicate a majority of institutions require some scholarship. (Author/LRW)

Teaching should be honored as teaching and not as scholarship. Instead of redefining scholarship to include teaching, the task force has redefined teaching as scholarship in the generally accepted, "publish-or-perish" sense. (Author/SLD)

Herbert Coutts, dean of the University of Alberta faculty of education when the "Alberta Journal of Educational Research" was established in 1955, recalls the origins of the journal and early struggles to maintain its scholarly orientation. The journal filled a need for a Canadian-based scholarly journal devoted to educational research,…

Analyzes new faculty's perceptions of working in a university. Indicates that most new faculty were overwhelmed by class preparation and did not believe they understood the requirements for tenure. Argues that universities should be more supportive of new faculty members. Contains 15 references. (JDI)

Learned journals are swollen with academic mediocrity. Suggestions for authors of the many second-rate manuscripts needed to pad the contents of learned journals are presented along with suggestions on marketing mediocrity. (MLW)

Summarizes the report of Lynne Cheney, chairperson of the National Endowment of the Arts, titled, "Tyrannical Machines: A Report on Educational Practices Gone Wrong and Our Best Hope for Setting Them Right." Noted are gaps in general knowledge, weaknesses of teacher education courses, and university tendencies to value research over teaching. (DB)

Few educators pay attention to educational research results because the research is removed from the realities of the classroom, relies almost exclusively on tests of statistical significance, and is usually the result of the publication requirements of universities. Cites 10 more reasons for poor research and advises typical research pitfalls to…

Reports on a survey of mass communication department administrators (Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication members). Finds that journalism and mass communication faculty are under pressure to conduct and publish research and that traditional academic research and publication are preferred in evaluating faculty members for…

The predominant system of defining and rewarding scholarship today is mismatched with higher education's mission. Success is based on publication in adjudicated journals rather than on generation of knowledge. Three metaphors (scholarship as currency, published article as icon, and professor as entrepreneur) help examine the crisis in higher…

To investigate the merits of single versus multiple authorship in scholarly journals, several journals were examined regarding degrees of single versus multiple authorship, posture of multiple authorship, and author-article ratio of three physical education, recreation, and dance periodicals. The article discusses ramifications of the increasing…

This article proposes that, in the new university-colleges being created in British Columbia, instructors' workloads should not be based upon traditional models which stress the importance of research and publication for excellent teaching. It is claimed that research fails to support a positive relationship between faculty research and teaching…

Suggests an alternative to the publish or perish model of faculty promotion and tenure (the "collegiality model") in which teaching evaluation is systematic and on-going and scholarly activity (required from all faculty) is defined broadly to allow for individual inclination and yet be equitable. (SR)

Discusses the publish or perish issue, noting problems with the practice of valuing quantity over quality of publication. The paper focuses on worst-practice evaluation and criticisms, the relationship between quantity and quality, time as the most precious input, and the meaning of publications numbers. (SM)

Describes the increasing difficulty junior faculty members have in obtaining tenure. The most significant new trend is pressure to publish early and often. The depressed job market in some disciplines is making it easier for universities to demand more, and in some cases the emphasis is shifting from teaching to research and publications. (SLD)

Discussion of scholarly publication that is required of academic librarians focuses on a study that looks in detail at the aggregate publishing record of the librarians at Penn State University, an institution that requires publication as a condition of continued employment. (Author/LRW)