Chief academic officers need to encourage computer use among faculty for curriculum design and development, and in administrative services, to develop a competitive edge in institutional management. (MSE)

A freshman course at the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Tennessee is described that mixes the academic and personal experiences in three areas: career exploration, human development, and the history of universities. (Author/MLW)

A University of Maryland's University College program to teach part-time faculty members how to become better instructors is described. The main goal is to make instructors more sensitive to the needs of adult learners. (MLW)

Staff developers can use the national reports on education to turn current public interest into positive action to improve schools. Strengths and weaknesses of these reports must be understood in order to be used effectively. (DF)

Types of changes being recommended by various national educational reports were compared with actual changes reported in a national sample of high schools. Implications for staff developers are offered. (DF)

Many college faculty are reluctant to examine and refine their own classroom communication skills, for a variety of reasons, but teachers should focus on developing the effectiveness of their classroom instruction through the student-teacher relationship. (MSE)

Reviews the assumptions, objectives, approaches and impact of the American Sociological Association's Projects on Teaching Undergraduate Sociology which set out to improve the teaching of sociology and enhance the status of the teacher. Explores the relationship between teacher effectiveness and contextual factors related to faculty development,…

A relationship exists between the development of individual faculty and their career development and the overall well-being of institutions of higher education. Ways that advising by faculty may be used to help both the institution and the individual faculty member are described. (MLW)

A workshop in which faculty meet with their peers to critically review their work-in-progress, conference papers, or journal articles before they are submitted is described. The program has served to assist faculty in making work more publishable, improve skills, and encourage professional development activities. (MSE)

An Early Childhood Education Institute was developed by the University of South Carolina and the South Carolina State Department of Education to provide meaningful development opportunities for teachers of young children. Strategies of the planning process and instruction design are discussed. (DF)

A collaborative action research project studied how teachers in groups function at different developmental stages. Implications for staff development are described. (DF)

For faculty members to perform at the highest levels of excellence institutions must design and implement an array of appropriate incentives and support systems effective for different faculty needs and characteristics. Collegiate and corporate illustrations are provided. (Author/MSE)

Introduction of faculty development programs into a university through department chairs and deans rather than faculty found deans to respond with more emotional distance but greater readiness to conceptualize applications and make helpful arrangements. Chairpersons generally reacted more defensively, discounting faculty problems or the…

This article places efforts to institutionalize practice in the context of their historical antecedents. It also describes developments at the University of Pennsylvania in what the authors are calling a partnership. The clinician-educator faculty position is examined at length. (CT)

Discusses a campaign advocating collaboration between college teachers and secondary school teachers, especially in the field of foreign language study. Notes that this collaboration has existed in the field of foreign language teaching for more than 30 years and looks at some of the problems encountered during that time. (SED)