Evaluating, Improving, and Judging Faculty Performance in Two-Year Colleges

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With nearly 48 percent of all U.S. undergraduates attending community and technical colleges, the two-year sector is an integral part of our nation's higher education system and a vital part of our nation's future. The need for effective faculty evaluation and professional development within two-year colleges stems partly from the size of this sector and also from the diversity of its program offerings and its student body. Miller and his co-authors bring timely, authoritative, and practical material to two audiences in this rapidly growing field of education: first, teachers who have permanent appointments but could use professional development and improvement; and, second, the already large and still growing number of part-time instructors who could use more evaluating and improving. This book is intended to be a direct assistance for these groups as well as to administrators who must make personal decisions. This professional book is for human resource managers and staff development officers of two-year colleges. A greater emphasis needs to be placed on human resource management, according to Miller and his co-authors, that will result in better personnel decision making.

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The book contains instruments that are appropriate for anyof the following individuals called upon to assume the role of evaluator: deans, department chairs, faculty colleagues performing peer evaluations, students, and faculty members and an operational perspective....The processes and procedures presented by the authors will help readers gain new perspectives and administrative expertise in evaluating and improving faculty performance. Recommended.-Community College Journal of Research and Practice
"The book contains instruments that are appropriate for anyof the following individuals called upon to assume the role of evaluator: deans, department chairs, faculty colleagues performing peer evaluations, students, and faculty members and an operational perspective....The processes and procedures presented by the authors will help readers gain new perspectives and administrative expertise in evaluating and improving faculty performance. Recommended."-Community College Journal of Research and Practice

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RICHARD I. MILLER is Professor of Higher Education at Ohio University./eHe is the author of several texts on higher education. CHARLES FINLEY is Professor of Graphic Communications at Columbus State Community College./e CANDACE SHEDD VANCKO is now President, State University of New York, College of Technology Delhi./e