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Peer reviewedTanner, Mark W.; And Others – Innovative Higher Education, 1993
To prepare new international graduate students for assignments as teaching assistants, the University of Washington chemistry department worked with specialists in language, pedagogy, and chemistry to design a discipline-specific training program. The program's structure, participants, benefits and limitations, and effectiveness in its first year…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Instruction, College Science, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedVon Frank, James – College Teaching, 1985
One institution's experience in developing and implementing a freshman program is translated into suggestions for others, addressing such issues as faculty involvement, openness of discussion, program objectives, costs, faculty development, experimentation, and mistakes. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Instruction, Costs
Peer reviewedDavis, William E.; Minnis, Douglas L. – Innovative Higher Education, 1993
In the University of California (Davis) Program in College Teaching, graduate teaching assistants develop and fulfill contractual agreements for faculty-guided investigations into their disciplines, with supporting individualized activities about practices and issues of college teaching. Aspects of the program's development and effectiveness are…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Faculty Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Centra, John A. – 1993
This volume on college and university faculty evaluation presents the latest findings, approaches, and issues with an emphasis on careful reflection for all involved. Chapter One discusses the diverse responsibilities of college faculty and the role evaluation can play in faculty improvement. Chapter Two presents a brief history of teaching…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, College Instruction, Department Heads
Download full textStrommer, Diane W., Ed. – 1993
This monograph offers seven case studies and supporting papers on university colleges and undergraduate divisions and their role in shaping the freshman college experience. An introductory section offers a preface, information on the authors and a first chapter "University Colleges Today" by Diane W. Strommer which examines the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Black Colleges, Case Studies, College Curriculum
Upcraft, M. Lee, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This monograph contains 14 papers on all aspects of college and university student and family orientation programs. The papers are: (1) "Orienting Today's Students" by M. Lee Upcraft; (2) "Theoretical Perspectives on Orientation" by Michael Dannells; (3) "Trends and Issues in Orientation Programs" by Gerry Strumpf and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, College Programs, College Role
