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Download full textSutton, Terry P.; Bergerson, Peter J. – 2001
Faculty compensation is a critical management tool for increasing faculty productivity, improving cost efficiency, and enhancing an institution's public image. Factors that determine faculty compensation include academic rank, faculty productivity, discipline market pay, ability to obtain external grants, seniority or length of service, service in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Faculty Evaluation, Financial Policy
Miller, Richard I., Ed.; Holzapfel, Edward W., Jr., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
This collection of essays provides an overview of personnel policies and practices in two-year colleges. The volume includes: (1) "The Personnel Function in Two-Year Colleges," by Priscilla Haag-Mutter and C. Wayne Jones, which considers historical antecedents, human resource development, future trends, and the role of planning; (2) "Organization…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Faculty Evaluation, Personnel Evaluation
Schilling, Karen Maitland; Schilling, Karl L. – 1998
This digest summarizes a report that addresses trends and issues in assessment in relation to the role of college faculty, including advances in assessment to make it more congenial to faculty, different ways in which institutions have approached assessment, and how assessment can be viewed as a faculty role. The report identifies such major…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Educational Assessment, Faculty College Relationship
Mortimer, Kenneth; And Others – 1986
Faced with scarce resources and environmental uncertainty in the past decade, colleges and universities have experimented with different modes of academic staffing, most of which are attempts to preserve or create more flexible policies and practices. In spite of tenure systems in operation at 94% of all four year colleges, institutions have at…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Employment Practices, Faculty Evaluation
Neal, John E. – 1988
A discussion of the purposes and effectiveness of faculty evaluation is presented. Topics of discussion include the purposes of faculty evaluation, the importance of clarity of purpose, and whether or not faculty evaluation results in more productive faculty. Ten guidelines for faculty evaluation programs are listed as follows: make sure the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Excellence in Education
Alstete, Jeffrey – 2000
This digest suggests post-tenure faculty development programs as a way to address pressures on the tenure system and calls for the elimination of tenure in higher education. The paper notes that tenure policies are being impacted by internal factors such as the uncapping of the mandatory retirement age and the aging of faculty, as well as by…
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation
Direct linkPalmer, Jim – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1983
Reviews a selection of the staff evaluation literature that appeared during the 1970s, covering problems in faculty evaluation; the student role; evaluation criteria, programs, and systems; and administrator evaluation. Includes a 47-item bibliography of ERIC documents and journal articles. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria
Murray, John P. – 1997
This digest discusses the use of teaching portfolios in higher education, in light of recent criticisms of faculty teaching productivity and the reward structure of universities. Teaching portfolios can be defined as vehicles for documenting teaching (with an emphasis on demonstrating excellence), empowering professors to gain dominion over their…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty College Relationship
Licata, Christine M. – 1987
Factors that have led to post-tenure evaluation of faculty are considered, along with concerns that should be examined before designing a post-tenure review process. Post-tenure evaluation is not in opposition to the principle of tenure and to policy statements about tenure issued by the American Association of University Professors, provided that…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Decision Making, Employment Practices
Licata, Christine M. – 1986
Factors that have led to post-tenure evaluation of faculty are considered, along with limitations of tenure in general and current post-tenure evaluation practices. Positions of advocacy and opposition to post-tenure evaluation are identified, along with practical considerations that institutions might consider before modifying or implementing a…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Decision Making, Employment Practices
Alstete, Jeffrey W. – 2000
This book examines the debate around posttenure review and suggests a model for faculty development that combines posttenure review with faculty assessment and development. The book addresses issues such as: what is faculty development; types of posttenure faculty development programs; designing development strategies; and what are the…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Development
Dzierlenga, Donna Wells, Comp. – Community College Frontiers, 1980
Provides citations and abstracts for six documents from the ERIC junior colleges collection dealing with the evaluation of community college administrators and faculty. Specific topics covered in the documents cited include president evaluation, faculty evaluation systems, student evaluation of faculty, and the assessment of part-time faculty…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Annotated Bibliographies, College Presidents, Community Colleges
Seagren, Alan T.; And Others – 1993
This monograph explores the changing role of the academic department chair in the areas of leadership, influence, and faculty development. The paper uses research insights to explore the situation of an academic chair who is squeezed between the demands of upper administration and the expectations of faculty, staff, and students. Studies of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration
Seagren, Alan T.; And Others – 1993
This digest explores the changing role of the academic department chair in the areas of leadership, influence, and faculty development. The paper uses research insights to explore the situation of an academic chair who is squeezed between the demands of upper administration and the expectations of faculty, staff, and students. Studies of the roles…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration
Peer reviewedSanchez, Bonnie M. – Community Services Catalyst, 1980
Provides abstracts and citations for six documents from the ERIC collection dealing with part-time community college faculty. Specific issues addressed include legislation and employment, institutional practices, staff handbooks and manuals, professional development, and evaluation. (JP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation
