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Theall, Michael; Powers, Kris; Franklin, Jennifer – Journal of Staff, Program & Organization Development, 2000
At the request of a professor, a university center for teaching and learning conducted formative evaluations of an undergraduate course. The evaluation process included two stages: a mid-term formative evaluation with feedback and suggested changes and an end-of-term final evaluation and review. This case study discusses the evaluations and the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Evaluation, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation
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Ahmadi, Mohammad; Helms, Marilyn M.; Raiszadeh, Farhad – International Journal of Educational Management, 2001
Polled business students about their perceptions of the student ratings of faculty. Found that a large majority attest to being objective and serious when completing evaluations, do not believe the evaluations affect teacher advancement although they should, rated instructors with a sense of humor more favorably, and did not rate courses more…
Descriptors: College Students, Faculty Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
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Chang, Yu-bi – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2000
A survey of 588 full-time tenure-track faculty indicated that two-thirds were involved in outreach; the quality of outreach activities should be judged by their effectiveness in meeting needs; and multiple measures should be used. Concerns included barriers to outreach participation and determination of what constitutes excellence. (SK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Outreach Programs
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Sproule, Robert – Economics of Education Review, 2002
Argues that all models of instructor performance are underdetermined by the data on student evaluation of teaching because decision rules are methodologically flawed. (Contains 53 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
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Plater, William M. – Change, 2001
Explores the crucial role that tenure and post-tenure review may play in the future of American higher education, looking at recent debates about tenure and experiences of post-tenure review. Contends that tenure can be preserved, with post-tenure review the means of invigorating and renewing the profession. (EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Change, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
Lempesis, Costa – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A critical component for successful schools is effective leadership. In the 1980's the concept of leadership emerged and the rules changed for school principals (Lashway, 2002). Previously, administrators were primarily evaluated based upon their abilities in managing school facilities and operations efficiently. Academics became the new focus.…
Descriptors: Principals, High Schools, Federal Legislation, Change Agents
Gelmon, Sherril B.; Lederer, Miriam; Seifer, Sarena D.; Wong, Kristine – Metropolitan Universities, 2009
The findings of the evaluation of the three-year Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative are presented, describing changes in institutional capacity for community-engaged scholarship, and changes in promotion and tenure policies and processes. The change process in the participating institutions is assessed using the Kotter model of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Role, Educational Principles
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Meyer, Jan H. F.; Eley, Malcolm G. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: The Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI) is structured as two main scales, reflecting a teacher-centred information-transmission approach versus a student-centred conceptual-change approach, each subdivided into intention and strategy subscales. Its use in higher education investigations is increasing and, by default, it is assuming…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Psychometrics, Test Items, Measures (Individuals)
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Cole, Richard R.; Bowers, Thomas A. – Journalism Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Educational Research, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Journalism
Harari, Herbert; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1975
One-hundred and four college students were randomly assigned to eight experimental conditions allowing them the power to hire and maintain faculty members. The greatest amount of leniency was shown toward the incumbent professor, regardless of her student-rated quality of teaching. (Author)
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education, Power Structure, Research Projects
Smith, M. Cecil; Carney, Russell N. – 1990
One hundred sixteen students enrolled at two midwestern universities in neighboring states completed a 28-item Student Perceptions of Evaluations Questionnaire to determine students' attitudes towards the evaluation process. Four central questions to be answered were: (1) Do students understand how evaluations are used? (2) What are students'…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Higher Education
Ratcliff, James L. – 1984
Faculty evaluation can and should be a means for gathering information on the productivity of a community college. The concept of productivity implies a relationship between the quantity and the quality of the results achieved by the college to the resources invested. Productivity has two dimensions: effectiveness (i.e., the extent to which…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Evaluation, Institutional Evaluation
Feistritzer, Patricia – Momentum, 1975
Article attempted to define how a college or university is Catholic in practice. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Curriculum Design, Definitions, Evaluation Criteria
THIS DOCUMENT OUTLINES GENERAL GUIDELINES, TYPES OF INFORMATION TO GATHER, AND PROCEDURES FOR AN ADEQUATE SCHOOL EVALUATION PROGRAM. WRITTEN PRIMARILY FOR SCHOOLS IN THE TEXAS SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT, THIS DOCUMENT COULD WELL BE USED BY ANY SMALL SCHOOL INTERESTED IN SELF EVALUATION. A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EVALUATION MATERIALS IS INCLUDED. (DD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Evaluation, Program Evaluation
Hammons, James O., Ed. – 1975
The papers and other materials contained in this monograph resulted from the events of the "Planning for Community College Staff Development" conference. Keynote addresses include: (1) a survey of the literature which reflects the present state of the art and points out areas in need of research; (2) critical questions and issues faced by any…
Descriptors: Consultants, Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Organizational Development
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