Robert M. Diamond is Research Professor and Director, Institute for Change in Higher Education, Syracuse University Formerly he was Assistant Vice Chancellor, Director of the Center for Institutional Development, and Professor of Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation, and Higher Education at Syracuse, and Director of the National Project on Institutional Priorities and faculty Rewards funded by the Lilly Endowment and the pew Charitable Trusts.
Diamond coauthored the 1987 National Study of teaching Assistants, the 1992 national Study of research Universities on the Balance between Research and Undergraduate teaching, and was responsible for the design and implementation of Syracuse University's ward-winning high school/college transition program, Project Advance. Diamond is author of numerous books, including Serving on Promotion and tenure Committees: A Faculty Guide (Anker, 1994), Preparing for Promotion and Tenure Review: A Faculty Guide (Anker, 1995), Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula: A practical Guide (Jossey-Bass, 1997), and, with Bronwyn Adam, Recognizing Faculty Work: Reward Systems for the Year 2000 (Jossey-Bass, 1993), and he is a consultant to colleges and universities throughout the world.