About the Contributors

Preface.

1. Building a Successful Evaluation Program (Peter Seldin).

2. Essential Operating Principles and Key Guidelines (Peter Seldin).

3. Building a Climate For Faculty evaluation That Improves Teaching (Mary Lou HJiggerson).

4. Uses and Abuses of Student Ratings (William Pallett).

5. Institutional Service (Clement A. Seldin).

6. Peer Observations as a Catalyst for Faculty Development (Barbara J. Millis).

7. Self-Evaluation: Composing an Academic Life Narrative (Thomas V. McGovern).

8. Teaching Portfolios (Monica A. Devanas).

9. Evaluating Faculty Research (Teck-Kah Lim).

10. Teaching Evaluation Follies: Misperception and Misbehavior in Student Evaluations of Teachers (Jane S. Halonen, Geroge B. Ellenberg).

11. Using Evaluation Data to Improve Teaching effectiveness (Todd Zakrajsek).

12. Using Evaluation Data for Personnel Decisions (David Fite).

13. The Professional Portfolio: Expanding the Value of Portfolio Development (John Zubizarreta).

14. Summary and Recommendations for Evaluating Faculty Performance (J. Elizabeth Miller).

Appendix: Selected Forms to Evaluate Teaching, Advising, Research, and Service.

Index.