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ERIC Number: EJ542998
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
Attitudes Toward Research and Teaching: Differences Between Administrators and Faculty Members.
Tang, Thomas Li-Ping; Chamberlain, Mitchell
Journal of Higher Education, v68 n2 p212-27 Mar-Apr 1997
Factor analysis of survey data from 209 administrators and 384 faculty at six Tennessee state universities identified six distinctive attitudes concerning research orientation; teaching orientation; rewards influence research; rewards influence teaching; personal interest; and mission of the university. Analysis revealed that administrators disagreed with professors on three of these: teaching orientation, rewards influence teaching, and mission of the university. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Research, Rewards, Role Perception, State Universities, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Tennessee