The first volume of this three-part report summarizes the findings of a 9-month study to describe faculty development at all three segments of California public higher education: the University of California, California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Following introductory sections on the background of the study, this volume briefly summarizes the study's findings for each of the three segments. The findings cover faculty development programs, expenditures, participation by faculty, and development needs as perceived by faculty and administrators. Overall conclusions are also presented, including the following: (1) the wide variety of programs in all three segments are often hampered by limitations in scope and depth, resource limitations hindering faculty access, and poor planning; (2) there is broad consensus that significantly more effort is needed in every area of faculty development; and (3) current programs do not play a major role in improving undergraduate education. (KM)