A survey of the faculty of six colleges and universities indicates that interaction of faculty and students outside the classroom is dependent on accessibility of faculty and that teaching practices are an indicator of accessibility. Data suggesting the consequences of such interaction is also presented. (Author/JH)

The major purpose of this study was to characterize effective teaching performance and provide a basis for the evaluation of teaching. Four surveys were conducted in which: (1) students described their best and worst teachers; (2) faculty described the teaching of colleagues they regarded as the best and worst instructors; (3) faculty described…

The purposes of the present study were to explore some of the characteristics which faculty members ascribe to colleagues whom they regard as effective teachers and to develop scales for measuring those characteristics. (Author)

This paper reports on a survey sent to 1,559 faculty members at 6 widely diverse colleges and universities in 3 states in the fall of 1968. Seventy percent of the questionnaires were returned. The purpose of the questionnaire was to determine faculty attitudes toward educational change and to learn more about the characteristics of those who…