Professional development is important to any organization, and sometimes quickly overlooked. The importance of professional development magnifies in institutions of higher education and the AACRAO professions, all of which are in the business of teaching and learning. This article examines how colleges and universities may improve professional…

What higher education state policy issues will be at the forefront of discussion and legislative activity throughout the United States in 2010? Provided herein is the consensus of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) state relations and policy analysis staff, informed by continual scanning of state policy activities,…

The governments of the USA and the UK have identified similar challenges facing their higher education sectors. Both governments believe in the centrality of market forces in meeting higher education demand, with government and academia playing subordinate roles. The public purposes of higher education must be restated if the potentially negative…

Early retirement program at Beloit College solves an age-old problem: How to handle teaching ineffectiveness of older faculty members. (Editor)

For the maximum output of a successful education, the author suggests the following steps: smaller classes, technological aids, and external examinations. (PG)

The master teacher is much more valuable than the consummate researcher. (Author)

The university does not need research so much as research needs the university. (Editor)

Reports an experimental study of six Child Psychology classes that compared the effects of two types of leadership, Initiation Structure (teacher centered) and Consideration Leadership (personalized), on the educational growth of students in six areas (e.g. subject matter, attitudes toward children). Concludes that a combination of the two…

The study reported here demonstrates the differing requirements critical to teaching at the elementary, secondary, and college level. In college teaching professional factors (e.g. knowledge of subject matter and class presentation) were found to have greatest significance in overall effectiveness of teaching-learning performance as opposed to…

On the premise that the more formal algebraic presentation of statistics must be placed in a concrete context to facilitate student understanding, the author presents a pedagogical device involving the construction of miniature numerical examples that illustrate how the statistical model imposes structure on empirical data. (JT)

A Professor Emeritus of New York University reviews the practice of awarding recognition for superior college teaching (great teacher awards) concluding that they do not increase great teaching or the number of great teachers. He suggests that prospective students should seriously ask colleges what they do to insure good teaching. (JT)

Arguing that students' demand for relevance is for wisdom rather than for utilitarian knowledge, and that it is caused by poor teaching, particularly in the liberal arts, the author emphasizes the individual teacher's responsibility to communicate the proper view of education, to lead students in their search for wisdom. (JT)

In discussing the need for combination of theory and practice in the college accounting curriculum, the author presents a conceptual framework for the body of knowledge which teaches the student principles and puts them into practice through illustrations. (JT)

Discusses whether a healthful personality is a necessity for a teacher to be effective. (Editor/PG)

Describes the successes of module teaching methods in an English composition class. (PG)