The simultaneous presence of faculty growth and a sense of faculty community can help a good school really shine. This article explores ways in which a school environment supporting these two factors can be developed and maintained, using the private Sidwell Friends Lower School in Washington, D.C., as an example. (PGD)

A report by the Project on Redefining the Meaning and Purpose of Baccalaureate Degrees of the Association of American Colleges is described. The decline and devaluation of the undergraduate degree, a battered curriculum, faculty responsibility, accountability, and the profession of college teaching are discussed. (MLW)

An overnight retreat away from campus for Wilkes College faculty and their new president was used for renewal of intrafaculty relationships and discussion of curricular and other college planning. It resulted in faculty revitalization, opened lines of communication, and a revised mission statement. (MSE)

Guidelines obtained from interviews with over 30 companies or business consultants are suitable for school administrators. Successful managers are increasingly interested in quality of work life, motivation, staff development, and public relations. (MLF)

Briefly discusses Phillip Schlechty's view on teacher career development with university cooperation, needs for systematic faculty development, appropriate administrator roles, encouragement of professionalism, the use of differentiated staffing patterns, and appropriate attitudes toward reform. (PGD)

To understand better the role of faculty development in training family medicine researchers, the characteristics of productive researchers, their training, and their work environment were examined. Areas reviewed were faculty development and evaluation, career development, professional socialization, organizational development, and faculty…

A series of five self-study seminars, held by eight full professors of an English department for the purpose of post-tenure review and resulting in professional renewal and improved peer relationships, is described and discussed. (MSE)

A program of small foundation grants and a broad definition of the kinds of excellence to be supported by the institution combined to create faculty commitment to professional development at the College of Charleston since 1976. (MSE)

The concepts of excellence now widely adopted in business also apply to higher education and include five fundamental areas of competence: taking innovative action, getting back in touch with past and present customers, existing for the customer, fostering individual commitment, and instilling unique values. (MSE)

Over the last 20 years, a small independent college and conservatory of music has experienced outstanding results in the use of a minicomputer system with local area networking for students in nontechnological disciplines. A descripton of these activities (including faculty development) is provided. (JN)

Types of faculty evaluation methods and criteria are examined, and a technique for the use of criterion referenced student evaluation of teacher performance is detailed. The system, called Assessment for Instructional Development, draws on earlier evaluation theory but is adapted to correct linguistic, statistical, and methodological problems.…

Describes the format and content of two four-week sessions of an intensive summer institute conducted at Purdue University to help meet the needs of secondary school teachers of French, German, and Spanish. Participants were enrolled in three different courses: the target language culture, conversation and composition, and the teaching of culture.…

Examines a study applying the problem-sensing and idea-generating capacities of the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) in part-time faculty workshops. Outlines the NGT process and its use in identifying the institutional conditions that facilitate and inhibit part-time teachers' effectiveness. (DMM)

Reviews 6 topics of current reesearch on teacher effectiveness (school effectiveness, teacher shortage, teacher stress, classroom organization, professional growth, and job satisfaction) and suggests 13 activities for meeting faculty members' needs (including the establishment of faculty improvement and cultural funds, housing allowances, merit…

In the spring and summer of 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the first cohort of eight projects in a new initiative, the Local Systemic Change through Teacher Enhancement (LSC) program. Eighteen additional projects were funded in 1996, 20 in 1997, 12 in 1998, 13 in 1999, 9 in 2000, 7 in 2001, and 1 in 2002 for a total of 88…