Recognizing Faculty Work : Reward Systems for the Year 2000

Diamond, Robert M.; Adam, Bronwyn E.

ISBN 10: 1555426913 / ISBN 13: 9781555426910

Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Recognizing Faculty Work : Reward Systems for the Year 2000
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555426913
• ISBN 13: 9781555426910
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.939 pounds

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Synopsis

It is not an easy time for higher education in the United States. Major reports from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institute of Education, the Association of American Colleges, and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching have called for greater emphasis on teaching, clearer statements of institutional missions, improved assessment practices, and the development of cohesive and appropriate curricula. Initiatives are under way across the country to rethink the nature of scholarship, to redefine faculty work, and to redesign the reward system used to recognize professional effort and achievement. This volume of New Directions for Higher Education is structured to provide practical assistance to those engaged in the review of faculty reward systems on their campuses and to provide guidelines to academic administrators, deans, and chairs who are leading these efforts. Chapters have been designed to address major issues relating to promotion, tenure, and merit pay. The different ways in which campuses have approached the process of clarifying their missions and modifying their faculty reward structures are illustrated. Reference materials from scholarly associations and accreditation agencies are included to demonstrate disciplinary perspectives. A model for change is presented along with criteria for assessing a promotion and tenure system. A professional portfolio to document the work of faculty is also described. This is the 81st issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for HIgher Education. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.

About the Author

ROBERT M. DIAMOND is assistant vice chancellor for instructional development and professor of instructional development, design, and evaluation at Syracuse University. He also is director of Changing Priorities in Higher Education, a project sponsored by the Lilly Endowment. BRONWYN E. ADAM is assistant project director at the Center for Instructional Development, Syracuse University.