Over a decade ago, Barr and Tagg ("Change Mag" 27(6):12-25, 1995) declared that a shift had occurred in higher education from an instruction paradigm to a learning paradigm. A central element in this new paradigm is learner-centered assessment. While a growing body of literature suggests that this approach to assessment is a best…

Over the past decade, continuous quality improvement (CQI) has emerged as a strategy for documenting and systematically building academic program quality. This study used a nationally representative sample of engineering faculty members and students to examine the influence of faculty members' CQI activities on the relationships between student…

The purpose of this study was to identify any relationships between faculty interest in counseling activities and nine selected student advising experiences. The findings indicate that the faculty interest in advising does not affect the way students are advised. (Editor/PG)

This article reports the effects of program characteristics and faculty activities on students' experiences and, ultimately, the development of students' analytical and group skills. Data come from nationally representative samples of 4,330 seniors, 1,243 faculty members, and 147 engineering program chairs on 40 campuses nationwide. Findings…

More than two-thirds of the group questioned indicated that they gained satisfaction from student learning or from interaction with students, and nearly two-thirds related administrative, collegial, and/or organizational difficulties as leading to dissatisfaction. (Editor/PG)

Study attempts to link effective teaching with groups of teachers in diverse academic orientations. Findings indicate that a faculty member's teaching orientation has a relationship to his attitude toward the use of instructional techniques. (PG)

Teststhe hypothesis that in the context of a large health science center heavily committed to scientific activity, there would be a positive relationship between the scientific productivity of faculty and their effectiveness as teachers. The results indicate that research activity is supportive of effective teaching. (Editor/PG)

Concludes that there has been an increase of student ratings of faculty performance, as well as in the frequency with which results are used in decisions concerning faculty. Research on the rating instruments does not seem to have kept pace with the decisions that are based on the rating instruments. (Editor/PG)

Three substudies of effects of different formats on student ratings of faculty teaching effectiveness were conducted. It was concluded that additional research is necessary to determine if apparent differences in teaching effectiveness are actually differences in teaching effectiveness or differences due to the methods of measurement. (Editor)

Reports a study that examined sources of influence over 290 faculty members. Examines role expectations of faculty members, employing organization, and departmental colleagues for teaching, research, and administrative roles. Also examines role conflict for faculty and explores implications for role theory and for understanding of faculty…