Formal programs of in-service education for faculty in American colleges and universities generally have been neglected and are lacking in approximately half of the institutions. In only half of the senior colleges and universities in the United States is the need to improve the professional development and performance of college and university faculties being approached through systematic programs of in-service education. However, of those who reported no such in-service program, over two-thirds indicated plans for initiating such a program. Thus, there appears to be a trend toward in-service education for higher education faculties. (HS)