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Lunde, Joyce Povlacs; Barrett, Leverne A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1996
The evolution and design of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln's departmental system of teaching awards are outlined. Ways of rewarding outstanding teaching are suggested, including promotion, tenure, merit pay, increasing nominations for teaching awards, faculty development leaves for teaching, provision of special resources beyond the usual…
Descriptors: Awards, Case Studies, College Instruction, Decentralization
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Forsythe, George B.; Ganolfo, Anita – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1996
Means of honoring teaching at the United States Military Academy (New York) are discussed. The internal debate over teaching awards within this specific academic culture, in which faculty are mostly military officers, is examined and alternatives for honoring teaching are explored. Currently, a teaching academy provides faculty development in…
Descriptors: Awards, Case Studies, College Instruction, Educational Quality
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Meyer, Susan M.; Penna, Richard P. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1996
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy is developing a program to assist in teaching skills instruction for pharmaceutical faculty, help faculty assess their own and peers' teaching, create criteria for determining teaching excellence, and institute a certification system for the designation Master Teacher in Pharmaceutical Education.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Instruction, Excellence in Education, Faculty Evaluation
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Arreola, Raoul A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1987
A procedure for developing a comprehensive faculty evaluation program is described with examples of various components. Procedures for implementing such a program are discussed. Determining and weighting faculty roles, defining roles and gaining information, and arriving at a matrix are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation
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Farmer, Donald W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
King's College (Pennsylvania) has redesigned its faculty reward system, mixing intrinsic and extrinsic incentives in three interrelated institutional initiatives related to general educational reform, senior faculty performance appraisal, and merit pay. An early result of the effort is a perceptible improvement in faculty motivation and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Development, Change Strategies, College Faculty