Strategies for promoting faculty renewal are discussed in proceedings of the 1986 National Conference on Professional and Personal Renewal for Faculty. Included is an introduction by Ronald D. Simpson, a keynote speech by John W. Gardner and an address on academic culture by Peter Seldin. Summaries of 47 papers are provided, including the following: "Pressures of the Professoriate: A National Study of Faculty Stress and Coping" (Walter Gmelch); "Lesson Number One: Begin with the Faculty" (Thomas J. Trebon, Joyce Smith, Marilyn Rigby); "Santa Clara's Do It Yourself Faculty Development Program" (Elizabeth Moran); "Faculty Wellness: The Ultimate Personal Renewal" (Douglas M. Semenick); "Bridging the Gap in Human Relations" (Katheryn Davis, Lettie Lockhart, Peggy Cleveland);"Professional Renewal of Faculty through Redirected Efforts" (Merl Baker); "Renewal through Alternative Teaching?" (George C. Helling, Barbara B. Helling); "Renewal across the Ranks: Programs to Develop Junior Faculty and to Revitalize Senior Faculty" (Linda L. Dolive, Lyle A. Gray); "Support and Renewal for Part-Time Faculty: Some Modest Proposals" (Michael E. Siegel); "A Model for Professional Development" (Kay Herr); "Financial Planning for Faculty" (Ted Ridlehuber); "COPROF: A Cooperative Program for the Professional Renewal of Faculty" (Joyce T. Povlacs, Ted E. Hartung, Daniel W. Wheeler); "Motivating Experienced Faculty: (Alias: How to Spark an Aging Staff)" (Judy-Arin Krupp); "Career Transitions: An Opportunity for Personal and Professional Renewal" (Joel Zimbelman); "A Model for Renewal and Dissemination of Teaching Excellence" (Harvey J. Brightman, Gordon Harwood, Yezdi Bhada); "A Study of the Relationship between Perceived and Reported Supervisory Intervention Behavior and Faculty Job Satisfaction" (Constance Havird Skalak); "Faculty Renewal: A Review of Research Studies" (Moon K. Chang); "The UGA Model: A Panel" (Ronald D. Simpson, William K. Jackson, James F. Calhoun, Harry P. DuVal, George M. Gazda, Frank Gillespie); "Retirement, Preparations and Faculty Development: An Ongoing Process" (Thomas J. Robinson); "Faculty and Staff Development Program: The University of Connecticut" (David D. Palmer, Paul G. McKenna); "Retreat Snapshots: Leading Faculty Groups in Career Planning" (Paul J. Hamill, Monica J. Hamill); "Using Control Charts to Improve University Instruction" (Janet Burke); "Faculty Renewal through International Program Development" (C. Tracy Harrington); "Providing Microcomputer Training and Support to Faculty" (M. C. Ware, M. F. Stuck); "Faculty Renewal during the Personal Period of Urgency" (I. Eugene White, Marvin G. Tossey); "The Psychodynamics of Professional Burnout and Renewal" (Jack Wiersma); and "Implications of Proposed Tax Law Changes and Other Considerations for Retirement Planning" (Peggy Heim, Richard Raymond). (SW)