Presents five prototypes to show how performance goals can be used in faculty evaluation. (Editor)

We have inherited an educational architecture that, ironically, often gets in the way of its reason for being--to improve and expand learning. Organizational theorists call this classic trait of bureaucracies "goal displacement." (O'Banion and Milliron in College Conversations on Learning; League of Innovation Learning Abstract)

The ways to evaluate faculty in order to improve the quality of education in schools are analyzed.

The rapid growth of online learning has led to the development of staff inservice evaluation models that are geared towards improving degree programs. Based on best practices in student online assessment, the Online Faculty Development and Classroom Learning Environment Assessment course was designed to serve the dual purpose of staff development…

The present article examined the validity of public web-based teaching evaluations by comparing the ratings on RateMyProfessors.com for 126 professors at Lander University to the institutionally administered student evaluations of teaching and actual average assigned GPAs for these same professors. Easiness website ratings were significantly…

This issue of Metropolitan Universities includes papers emanating from the work of the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative, a three-year (2004-2007) initiative designed to build capacity for community-engaged scholarship (CES) in health professional schools. As the core principles and challenges of CES are similar across…

Ten librarians were interviewed in an attempt to discover what characteristics a library school professor possesses that determine what effect he has upon his students' careers. (SJ)

Reports the results of a survey of faculty members to determine the differences between faculty perceptions of how decisions about advancement are made and their preferences for ways of making such decisions. Findings indicate that significant differences exist between older and younger faculty and across broad disciplinary boundaries. (Author/WD)

Asserting that evaluation of clinician-educators should be oriented to the impact of their work, offers an "impact map" as a way of graphically portraying the track record of an individual clinician-educator. (EV)

The main aim of this study is to analyze the perceptions of educators concerning the execution of managerial processes in elementary schools and to study whether there is significant difference about the opinions of educators according to their gender. The study was carried out in elementary schools located around Guzelyurt City in Turkish…

The managerial form of university governance has changed the conditions of academic work in many countries. While some academics consider this a welcome development, others experience it as a threat to their autonomy and to the meaningfulness of their work. This essay suggests a stance in response to the current conditions that should serve…

This paper presents an empirical investigation into how universities approach the need and means for motivating university researchers through their management practices. The role of work motivation for this group deserves attention because pressures from outside and within the universities are said to have made university research less of a…

The selection of a programming language for introductory courses has long been an informal process involving faculty evaluation, discussion, and consensus. As the number of faculty, students, and language options grows, this process becomes increasingly unwieldy. As it stands, the process currently lacks structure and replicability. Establishing a…

The presentation will trace the experiences of two program directors from Walden University and their examination of issues involved with faculty assessment. Their experiences were used to create a simple but effective and workable model for faculty assessment and development. Once a presentation of how data were obtained, and analyzed, to create…