Though increasing numbers of racially and ethnically minoritized (REM) individuals earn PhDs and national initiatives focus on faculty diversity, challenges persist in recruiting, hiring, and retaining REM faculty. While a pervasive issue nationally, the literature predominantly focuses on faculty diversity at research-intensive institutions. This…

Faculty members have special responsibilities to assess the implications of faculty collective bargaining for academic governance and assure exemplary academic self-government as a model for other social institutions. (Editor)

Many college and university faculties have adopted codes of faculty responsibilities and self-regulation. Firsthand advice on creating a code precedes an example of one: the new University of California Policy on Faculty Conduct and the Administration of Discipline. (Editor/PG)

Some complaints by faculty members that they have been aggrieved by their institutions are inevitable. Well-planned procedures to resolve these grievances, adopted in advance, can allow institutional committees great discretion in quiet conflict resolution. (Editor/PG)

A teacher wears many hats--he is an attainer of preset goals, an organizer of cognitive tasks, a reinforcer of student behavior, an enactor of a complex social role, a community member--and all must be considered in appraising his success. (Editor)

Perspective on the controversies that have erupted over academic collective bargaining and its impact on academic government. (Editor)

Recent books, articles, and bibliographies on faculty collective bargaining, and sources of additional assistance. (Editor)

A look at four primary functions of the teacher--as dreamer, designer, developer, and diagnostician--with some suggestions for constructive change. (Editor)

A report on the new conception of faculty roles, with suggestions for the faculty member who seeks to improve his teaching and for the institution that seeks to help him do so. (Editor)

Interviews with faculty can stimulate their self-awareness and form the basis of a development program which can help them become educational leaders. (Editor)

Sources of further information on faculty problems, attitudes, and growth. (Editor)

Advocacy of faculty unionization and alliance with the national labor movement, illustrated with a case study. (Editor)

Presents a new definition of faculty development, in terms of the complexity of the professor's personality and thought and his ability to help students develop themselves. (Editor)

A survey of faculty development activities reveals more plans than programs, but examples from several institutions illustrate how programs can be implemented. (Editor)

A new phase of the faculty bargaining movement has begun, with increased administrative sophistication and student involvement; but only enlightened policymakers can keep universities from following the traditional industrial model. (Editor)