An alternative to individual awards to honor outstanding college teaching is the program or departmental award for teaching effectiveness. The University of Wisconsin system's program requires department members to work together to prepare a nomination portfolio and formulate a succinct statement on teaching philosophy and goals, both valuable…

A discussion of the ways in which liberal arts colleges honor exemplary teaching looks at five common practices (outstanding teacher awards, mentoring programs, articles in school publications, participation in national award systems, and merit raises) and makes recommendations for designing and strengthening reward programs and improving the…

Discusses the importance of revising university promotion and tenure standards according to Ernest Boyer's argument for reconsidering scholarship in light faculty roles, arguing for differential application of standards based on diversity of missions and goals. Examples of one university's application of Boyer's classifications to promotion and…

Discusses the benefits of creating a collegial environment for library reference staff, highlighting application of the "Golden Rule," supervisor's role, policies and procedures, barriers to success (lack of communication, competitiveness, conflict, dictatorial supervisors, envy, burnout, lack of reward), collegial education and…

Illustrates how clinical and research writings on gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) issues remain invisible to mainstream psychology in such areas as life span development and aging, teen suicide, substance abuse, victimization, and family and couple relationships, examining determinants of wellbeing among GLBs and discussing what mainstream…

The current emphasis on high-stakes testing is leaving an unmistakable imprint on all aspects of education. Our curriculum, our instructional methods and materials and even our understanding of the purpose of public education are being reshaped by the standardized tests. Another area where the impact of high-stakes testing can be felt is in the…

Three distinct discourses frame this paper: 'new public managerialism', new modes of governmentality, and new masculinities and femininities. This paper considers the changing forms of governance in projects of educational professionalism emerging in the nested contexts of teaching, teacher training, and academic research within departments of…

Toni Garvey, director of the Phoenix Public Library (PPL) and LJ 2004 Librarian of the Year, has practiced her profession in a Western county jail, for the politicized board of a Southern public library, in the children's room of a university community, and through the up and down economics of a major American city. She has managed branches and…

The consequences of poorly planned or random professional development for teachers in the early to mid career cycle are serious. Without input from knowledgeable mentors or supervisors, these teachers can flail about professionally. Without the benefit of individualized staff development plans, they may perpetuate ineffective teaching practices or…

Emotional intelligence (EI) has often been criticized to measure nothing more than intelligence and personality. Recent studies have shown that EI has an incremental validity concerning life outcome criteria, but inconsistent results have been found for achievement criteria. Two studies were conducted to examine if EI could predict achievement…

In the United Kingdom there has been a considerable increase in the academic recognition of workplace learning, and a number of new awards drawing on workplace learning have been introduced. These include apprenticeships and Advanced Apprenticeships, both of which contain National Vocational Qualifications, and the Foundation Degree. In addition,…

This paper examines the changing role of tutors at Harvard University in the 17th and 18th centuries, and how this changing role led to the professionalization of college instruction and a separation of the teaching profession from that of the ministry. Over the course of this period tutors taught the entire basic curriculum (with the handful of…

This book is a collection of profiles of top teachers in Ontario (Canada). The profiles were taken from a Toronto newspaper contest to nominate "Teacher of the Year"; more than 10,000 submissions have been made since 1986. The Teacher of the Year Award was begun to reverse the current trend of low public and institutional esteem for…

During the 1990s, the status of women faculty in higher education was the subject of numerous progress reports. Given the abundance of data available in these reports and articles on women faculty at colleges and universities, a study explored the issues, using another method of investigation--narratives. Six accomplished "resilient"…

In an attempt to identify the characteristics exhibited by the exceptional community college teacher, this study examined applications for the U.S. Professors of the Year Award, a national competition that annually rewards four professors-one each from community colleges, baccalaureate colleges, master's universities, and research…