The potential benefits--to the individual, the institution, and society--and the potential costs of faculty consulting are examined. A review of the relevant literature and data precedes a presentation of new findings and a taxonomy for developing institutional guidelines. (Author/MLW)

Value assumptions in American higher education and the conflicts among them are surveyed. Questions are categorized as: economic versus noneconomic purposes of education, fairness and equality versus efficiency and quality, and the problems of authority and control in academic decision making. (Author/MLW)

The rising cost of higher education is seen as a new public policy issue. Cost-containment strategies in the health care sector are cited as policy precedents and the likelihood of their adoption for higher education is assessed. (Author/MLW)

Statewide faculty advisory committees as a mechanism for developing faculty involvement in policy formation, implementation, and evaluation are examined. The roles these committes can and have played are identified and the determinants of committee influence in the higher education policy area are outlined. (Author/MLW)

The effect of higher education on the self-esteem and values of male and female college students was studied. Trends over the last decade in freshman self-ratings and goals, individual changes in these two variables, and the impact of various college environmental characteristics on these changes are discussed. (Author/MLW)

The underrepresentation of women and minority faculty at senior ranks is documented, and the contribution of promotion and tenure reviews to this situation is discussed. Potential conflicts between personal and professional values of women and minorities and the meritocratic values of academic culture are emphasized. (Author/MLW)

A study at Franklin and Marshall College to determine why research does not appear to have the beneficial effect on teaching that so many have assumed it does is discussed. It is thought that scholarship makes a professor more knowledgeable and that a more knowledgeable professor makes a better teacher. (Author/MLW)

The citation frequencies found in the journal literature for 51 Carnegie Commission sponsored research reports were compared with 51 Jossey-Bass publications. Little or no difference was found in the quality of the journals that cite either type of publication. (Author/MLW)

Four general planning approaches are identified: disjointed, adaptive, strategic, and comprehensive. Interaction between level of planning complexity and source of motivation is explored, and implications for decision makers are discussed. (Author/MLW)

The application of the comparable worth doctrine to faculty positions in higher education is examined and the political, legal, legislative, and collective bargaining approaches taken towards its adoption are reviewed and analyzed. Recommendations for enhancing salary equity in academe are postulated. (Author/MLW)

Faculty members participate in the governance of their university according to their perceptions of the faculty's role in that process. Empirical evidence for stipulating six distinct but complementary perspectives toward their governance role held by faculty members at a major Western public research university is presented. (Author/MLW)

Graduate faculty in six fields of study judged (1) the importance for academic success of various analytical skills; (2) the seriousness of various reasoning errors; and (3) the degree to which "critical incidents" had affected their estimations of students' analytical abilities. (Author/MLW)

The estimation of a comprehensive model describing student perceptions of college quality permits the determination of the relative importance of the influences that affect these perceptions. This knowledge is instrumental for directing efforts toward improving perceptions and for evaluating the effectiveness of changes in recruitment practices.…

A survey of students at Western Illinois University and Appalachian State University shows that they consider themselves fair and accurate but do not understand the use and effects of the ratings and believe that neither faculty nor administrators pay much attention to the results. (Author/MLW)

The inability of university professors to communicate about shared concepts and concerns--e.g., meaning, self, integrity, an ideal of truth--is related to the fragmented university, departmentalized and bureaucratized. The impact of this on the humanity of those involved is sketched, and suppositions are advanced about the nature of education.…