Doctoral students trained today will soon join faculties in the nation's more than three thousand colleges and universities. The preparation these students receive while in their doctoral programs will influence the ways they prioritize research, teaching, and service. In this article, the authors report findings from an evaluation of a…

Examines Ernest Boyer's 1990 Carnegie report, "Scholarship Reconsidered," as a "tipping point"--a critical turning point in what is fundamentally valued and rewarded in the scholarly work of faculty members. Gives special attention to the scholarship of teaching and the scholarship of engagement. (EV)

While college faculty are considered professionals because of their disciplinary orientations, their advising roles are not always considered in this regard. A parallel can be drawn between the functions of teaching and advising, with professionalism and appropriate professional recognition as key ingredients in both. (MSE)

The ten finalists for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's annual Professor of the Year award discuss their obligation as professors to do research, get grants, and publish in addition to teaching students. (MSE)

The prevailing notion of integration of college teaching and research is more myth than reality. To make the relationship more productive, educators must change the terms, redefine research, and reorient thinking about teaching, understanding that teaching and research are distinct and not automatically linked. Institutions must implement policies…

Academic reward systems are widely perceived to emphasize research over teaching, inhibiting instructional and curricular change. Despite much conversation about changing the reward system for faculty, there is reluctance to take action. Unless teaching is better rewarded, there is a danger that external agencies will introduce their own measures…

At a time when resources for higher education are scarce and overtaxed, senior faculty members constitute a valuable resource. Interaction with like-minded peers, periodic changes in the nature of the work or the work setting, and administrative and organizational intervention are important strategies for helping senior faculty members stay…

College faculty must know that the major administrators at their institutions value the activity of academic advising. Demonstration of a commitment to effectiveness includes using advising as part of the workload/reward system and discussing advising with other significant priorities. This forceful administrative message articulates leaders'…

Increased emphasis on research and grantsmanship leaves college faculty with little time or inclination for undergraduate teaching. Concern for education has given way to concern for power. Higher education is now only distantly connected with shaping a citizenry. (Author/MSE)

Looks at the effects of advancing technology on academic life, using a simplified version of a scheme for examining diffusion of innovations. Attention is given to technology's impact on teaching, research and scholarship, and service and outreach functions, and on special challenges posed by technology, barriers to its use, and its implications…

Explores the relationship between service learning and organizational commitment by examining the complexities of faculty and organizational culture, including administrative support, campus familiarity with course-based service, financial support, the nature of faculty involvement, and faculty work and rewards. Makes practical suggestions for…

Given the strength of departments, pressures on faculty, and the large number of teaching assistants responsible for undergraduate instruction in research universities, writing instruction often seems to be "in spite of the curriculum." However, it is possible to run successful writing-across-the-curriculum programs in such institutions. (MSE)

Situational factors affecting the first-year teaching of 97 new college geography teachers in a study of teacher preparation are examined, including the type of appointment, status of the dissertation, teaching load, class size, perceived institutional characteristics and identification, institutional support, colleague companionship and support,…

New technologies lead higher education institutions to question their academic structures and processes, but effective implementation of the technologies and positive changes in traditions will occur only if basic research about teaching and learning is incorporated into discussions and planning. Issues related to instruction, faculty development,…

The Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, a venture of the California State University, Fresno, and the University of California, illustrates effective ways to enhance technological literacy among doctoral students through technology-assisted small-group communication. The study draws on data from exit interviews with program…