Offers a definition of scholarship and service that might be used by an industrial education department chairperson and/or faculty to evaluate productivity and identifies acceptable products for each criterion. (JOW)

Identifies universal themes from different definitions of industrial arts that have evolved to assess the amount of progress or stagnation that has taken place in the past 10 to 15 years. (CT)

Discusses the changing nature of tenure and promotion in technology, industrial, vocational, and technical education at the university level. (JOW)

Under Illinois State University's Experimental Leave Program, faculty are released from their teaching duties for two days to three weeks to update their knowledge in their areas of expertise. The program provides professional development opportunities in a format and time frame consistent with industrial and technological advancements. (SK)