This first volume of the evaluation of the Career Teacher Program describes the background of the program, the purpose of the evaluation, a description of the evaluation methodology, the results and findings of implementing the methodology, program outcomes, and conclusions and recommendations for the program. The program was designed to improve…

Compiled as a guide for the beginning college teacher, this handbook covers a wide variety of issues relative to college teaching today. The book is based on four premises: (1) education should be guided by a democratic philosophy; (2) students are adults; (3) instructors can occasionally be wrong; and (4) goals of college teaching should include…

The results of a June 1973 seminar and subsequent workshops on the diffusion of educational change are reported. Papers are presented in three sections. The first section, Institutional Development, introduced by Theophilis E. McKinney, Jr. and Bonnie B. Larson, contains three papers: "Integrating the Intercultural Dimensions in a New Liberal…

The Memphis State University Center for Instructional Service and Research was evaluated in a survey of faculty members. Considered were the importance of each of the 19 functions performed by the center, how well each function was carried out, and what could be done to improve performance in each of the 19 areas. The evaluation project aimed to…

This manual has been prepared as a supplement to the final report (CE 018 453) on the Systemwide Career Education Cluster-Based Articulated Model Program, SCECAMP. An introduction provides an overview of the SCECAMP project and the rationale for this replication manual. The first of the three major sections contained in this document summarizes…

The Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges (CASC) conducted this study of the funding and implementation of a faculty development program starting in 1973. In each of the four case studies, selected from 40 participating colleges, a team of faculty members was created as a mechanism to improve faculty development efforts. A team of three…

The handbook reflects diverse approaches to faculty development gained through direct contact with more than 200 colleges and universities. It contains theoretical background and exercises, instruments, and handouts on such topics as: models for faculty development, faculty motivation, portfolio evaluation, instructional development, course…

The article describes techniques and strategies to teach remedial mathematics to learning disabled college students at Queensborough (New York) Community College. The program includes curriculum modification, faculty development, peer tutor training, development of instructional videotapes, computer assisted instruction materials, and a faculty…

Summarizes the findings of 22 case studies of environmental studies and environmental education programs at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Compares the changes in these programs with respect to similar case studies written a decade earlier. (TW)

Discusses the use of computers in college accounting courses. Argues that the success of new efforts in using computers in teaching accounting is dependent upon increasing instructors' computer skills, and choosing appropriate hardware and software, including commercially available business software packages. (TW)

Discusses the idea of "master-students," where college professors from two different disciplines take each other's courses. Describes the experiences of an English professor and a chemistry professor who became master-students in each other's classes. Suggests this as a technique for improving teaching and understanding student problems. (TW)

Describes the harmful effects of administrators' attitudes of denigrating education, scholarship, and professional activities of the faculty in community colleges and suggests that the faculties counteract this pervasive influence by doing their own research. (EL)

This issue brief, based on a meeting of a group of distinguished researchers, educators, and policymakers convened by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) explores lessons from research and practice about the role of an intentional curriculum and professional development and supports for teachers in closing the achievement gap for…

The primary focus of this research report is on university-based degree programs that prepare individuals for leadership positions in community colleges. Issues related to the preparation and development of faculty are also an important component of the personnel challenges facing community colleges. To bring greater focus to this discussion, the…

Many students with disabilities need to use accommodations to meaningfully access instruction and to be appropriately assessed. During the past decade, the use of assessment accommodations has dramatically increased the participation rates of students with disabilities in statewide testing. Assessment accommodations can be defined as "changes…