Building upon a related 2005 panel presentation at the 25th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, the authors, several tenure-track assistant professors and tenured associate professors who have participated in a Research and Teaching Faculty Learning Community at Bowling Green State University, share their…

Recognizing the increasing pressure for publication for early childhood academics and the lack of current information about journals' publication practices, this study surveyed editors of Australian and international journals. The journals were selected through a survey of 43 academic staff of an institute of early childhood education and through…

This booklet, the result of meetings of a college faculty seminar held during academic year 1989-1990 provides observations and advice concerning the basics on how to get published. The advice comes from faculty experience and the thoughts offered from invited guests familiar with writing, editing, and publishing in the academy. The booklet…

This study investigated how scholarship was viewed by 16 faculty members with varying years of experience and publication rates. In-depth interviews were conducted with randomly selected faculty from four departments within the school of education. The study found that faculty members with lower rates of publication indicated that the current view…

Providing a guide to academic authors with a manuscript in hand, this book explains the book publishing process step-by-step and provides examples of the actual experiences (good and bad) of academic authors. Chapters in the book are entitled: (1) It Doesn't Have to Be This Way; (2) Agents: Can't Live with'Em, Can't Live without'Em; (3)…

From the time a new faculty member is hired until a final decision is made on promotion and tenure, his/her record will undergo constant scrutiny by departmental personnel committees, school and/or university-wide committees, external reviewers, and administrators. A formal and clear-cut mentoring system can benefit new faculty members: senior…

Transcribes an interview with Ira E. Aaron, who discusses how he moved from journalism to reading education, the changes he would like to make in doctoral programs in reading, the preparation of reading teachers, the importance of children's literature, and the misplaced emphasis on research and publication over teaching. (RS)

The legal academy's defense of the dominance of its scholarly mission has two critical shortcomings: it ignores the costs of that dominance to the goals of professional education, and it neglects to subject its premises to its own standards of scholarly scrutiny. (MLW)

Data indicate that faculty publication may not be as essential to university promotion and tenure as is commonly thought. Listed publications may be the result of padding and factors such as university service may influence promotion decisions. Universities need to adopt more stringent tenure and promotion policies based on explicit criteria. (DB)

Maintains that a synergistic combination of teaching and research is a critical feature at major institutions of higher learning. The article states that the tension between these two endeavors stems from "research" being considered "publication." The article concludes that research should be shaped by one's teaching instead of teaching flowing…

A study investigated why productive scholars do research and what factors they believe contribute most to their success as published researchers. Subjects, 39 mass communications researchers who had been identified by a previous study as being the top producers of mass communications research articles, completed a questionnaire employing a…

Reports on a study of scholarly publications by 1,600 economists in 126 economics and economics-related journals. Finds support for the contention that publication of one article per year in established journals is exceptional. Includes 10 tables and an appendix of the journals included in the sample. (CFR)

Maintains that teaching and faculty development (research as well as a broad range of other possible activities) are mutually beneficial and inseparable activities. (SR)

Offers advice to prospective faculty concerning the questions they should ask about tenure and promotion procedures when they interview for a position. Strategies to enhance the likelihood of earning tenure and promotion include saving data to compile a vita, gathering student evaluations, publishing articles, scheduling time for research, and…

Incorporates the expectancy theory of motivation in the analysis of teaching improvement in three areas of faculty interest: (1) importance of tenure criteria; (2) expected outcomes from participating in improvement activities; and (3) interest in different instructional-improvement practices. Indicates that most faculty consider research more…