Faculty provinciality (defined as the extent to which an institution's faculty members are graduates of that or nearby institutions) is an area of higher education research that remains relatively unexplored but is becoming increasingly significant as institutions of higher learning strive for maintenance of academic standards through personnel actions. Comparative institutional provinciality studies should be considered when faculty recruitment, faculty effectiveness, and curricular changes are considered on a departmental, divisional, or institution-wide basis. This assessment model identifies the implications of geographic provinciality on the training of college-level faculty and the resultant staffing patterns at employing institutions. (Author/MSE)