The great majority of institutions, public and private, are looking toward 2009-10 and beyond, in anticipation of the deepest budget cuts in more than a generation--and certainly deeper than at any time in the memory of most current campus leaders. In the current recession, even financially well-positioned independents with substantial numbers of…

Senior academic leaders are in consensus that, for purposes of tenure, a candidate's significant contributions to collaborative scholarship should be valued highly. The fundamental issue is how to give due weight and proper consideration for purposes of tenure to the intellectual work and scholarly worth of various kinds of contributions. As a…

A discussion encouraging the development of a consistent and comprehensive theory of critical thinking for use in developing the liberal arts curriculum focuses on identifying teachable skills in the art of constructing and evaluating arguments. Further research in all disciplines is recommended. (MSE)

At the college level, the obstacles to machine-testing of critical thinking are more pedagogical and practical than theoretical and include creating an operational definition, differentiating critical thinking skills and subskills, and establishing test reliability and validity. (MSE)