Martin J. Finkelstein and Jack H. Schuster have teamed up to continue tracing the changes taking place in faculty work with their Project on the American Faculty. They have published The New Academic Generation: A Profession in Transformation (1998), co-authored with Robert Seal, and are preparing a new manuscript to appear in 2004 with a working…

Reports on four case studies developed at The Carnegie Foundation as part of a larger inquiry into cultures of teaching in higher education today. Examines professorial careers that are being crafted around the scholarship of teaching and learning at doctoral and research universities. (EV)

Short essays on the professoriate are presented, accompanied by pictures by the winners of the CASE Faculty Photo Contest. (MLW)

Proposes: (1) teaching is a human endeavor that does not and cannot improve over time; (2) human beings are fantastic learners and they learn all the time; and (3) humans don't learn well in the teaching-focused classroom. Concludes the need for more and better higher education won't be met until professors become designers of learning experiences…

A list of approximately 260 faculty nominated by their own institutions for extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education on their campuses and beyond is presented. (MLW)

Asked seven faculty members who have participated in a teaching initiative at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning to write case studies about ethical issues they confronted in their work. Three themes surfaced repeatedly: (1) sharing student work; (2) choosing methods; and (3) the ethics of bad news. (SLD)

Faculty morale doesn't coincide with actual or perceived status. Expected to teach well, publish often, and keep the institution running besides, conscientious faculty members in a competitive university may be low in energy, as well as morale. (MLW)

With higher education now undergoing fundamental changes, it is time to consider a new system of faculty roles with distinctive pathways that allow teachers to pursue what they do best (teaching, research, or professional service). Faculty members would choose an area of emphasis for a specific duration and retain the option to continue on that…

Five faculty members were interviewed about the impact of campus assessment activities on their roles and responsibilities. Three areas of concern were students (what they need to know and what can be expected of them); teaching (how classroom methods follow from higher expectations of students); and faculty roles and responsibilities. (MLW)

Profiles of 50 college faculty singled out for honors by their college presidents are presented. These faculty members are identified as responsible leaders and citizens who contribute to the quality of campus life beyond the lecture halls and labs. (MLW)

Teaching is seen as having been buffeted by social crosswinds including the racial revolution, student rebellions, and the women's movement. The traditional distinction between scholarship and teaching is discussed, and characteristics of great teaching are identified: knowledge of subject matter, passion for one's subject, clarity of…

The ways that educators talk about teaching, borrowing from other disciplines such as business and psychology, reflect a need to create a reassuring world structured to assure results. They describe art as if it were science, but also seek to bring confidence and esteem to an undervalued profession. (MSE)

A roundtable discussion of faculty commitment and revitalization was conducted by Russell Edgerton, president of the American Association for Higher Education, with Clara Lovett and R. Eugene Rice. (MLW)

Dossiers presented for awarding the AAHE Faculty Salute honors are discussed. The common characteristic in the faculty singled out for "making a difference" was a love of teaching. These professors were heavily involved in assisting student learning in various ways. (MLW)

It is proposed that the institutionalization of instruction has brought with it a reduction in the pleasure of teaching itself and also in the excitement of learning. Common doubts and conflicts for college faculty are discussed. (MSE)