Recommendations on transition for youth with disabilities are presented, including partnerships between school personnel and staff from the state-federal vocational rehabilitation; one-stop career centers; federal financial support of competitive employment; professional development for postsecondary faculty; and financial incentives for…

Examined the relationship between Latino paraeducators and the teachers with whom they worked within two elementary schools with predominantly low-income, Hispanic students. Observation and interview data indicated that paraprofessionals engaged almost entirely in low level activities and had access to only a narrow set of the practices in which…

Discussion of technology integration in higher education focuses on an information technology project in a seminary setting that created a campus computer network, trained faculty and library staff in computer technology use and provided appropriate hardware and software, and created an endowment to support technology maintenance and updating.…

Describes the Microcomputer Infusion Project (MIP), which was developed at Arizona State University to provide faculty with the necessary hardware, software, and training to become models of computer use in both lesson development and presentation for preservice teacher education students. Topics discussed include word processing; database…

Describes the design and evaluation of a prototype electronic performance support system for use in a university setting that was based on a needs analysis relating to an existing lecture-based course. Performance support for staff and for students is examined, and self-study support material is discussed. (LRW)

King's College (Pennsylvania) has redesigned its faculty reward system, mixing intrinsic and extrinsic incentives in three interrelated institutional initiatives related to general educational reform, senior faculty performance appraisal, and merit pay. An early result of the effort is a perceptible improvement in faculty motivation and…

Department chairpersons should guide their departments to meet contemporary challenges by focusing on fostering student learning more effectively, stimulating faculty development, and engaging in curriculum development that responds to new academic syntheses and multidisciplinary approaches. (JB)

This annotated guide presents 51 resources on the subject of engagement in ethical, political, and social discourse and deliberative action when developing educators as leaders. Topics include mentoring, empowerment, women's issues, peer coaching, collective bargaining, teacher/principal relationships, and school restructuring. (SM)

Many faculty are skeptical about applying digital technology to teaching and learning. Discussion includes interactive instruction and student responsibility for learning, cost effectiveness, the potential for enriching curriculum, helping students reason and learn, applying instructional design more effectively, and connecting departments and…

In response to concern about gender and racial insensitivity among medical faculty and medical students, a faculty development program using videotaped vignettes of inappropriate interactions was developed at the University of Pennsylvania. Faculty have appreciated the heightened awareness, and the unit has promoted further discussion. Additional…

Addresses issues of open-access and educational quality. Reviews the unique mission of community colleges to educate a student population with wide-ranging academic abilities, motivational levels, and scholastic preparedness. Advocates careful assessment and placement of underprepared students, and special faculty development efforts to improve…

A study evaluated the instrument used for rating faculty in the pediatrics department of the University of Wisconsin medical school by assessing its measurement of overall teaching effectiveness in two different instructional settings. The form was shown to be reliable and useful for faculty development and decision making. (MSE)

An antiracist staff development course for teachers can help sensitize teachers to the racial constructions of reality in their own lives, schools, curricula, and teacher-student interactions. The curriculum would offer teachers a framework for teaching against racism. The paper examines how issues of class and gender affect racism. (SM)

Examines trends in use of teaching portfolios for college-faculty evaluation and development in Australia and the United States, offering a framework for portfolio use to address the diverse purposes, products, and processes of evaluation and the need for both formative and summative evaluation methods. The framework enables portfolio use to be…

Describes the development of the Teaching With Innovative Style and Technology (TWIST) library technology center at the University of Iowa and discusses the need for individualized interaction to build trust and social cohesion between faculty and library staff as a necessary part of promoting the dissemination of technology in a university…