Table Of Content

Innovative Higher Education Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 1993 Editor’s Page Ronald D. Simpson The Conserving and Liberating Role of Curriculum Five Years of Strategic Environmental Assessment Efforts at a Research University: A Case Study of an Organizational Innovation James C. Hearn, Richard M. Clugston, and Richard B. Heydinger This study examines the evolution of “environmental scanning” efforts at a large university Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Broad-based Curricular Change Donald Elliot, Maurice L. Hirsch, Jr., and Marsha Puro This article delineates major institutional barriers to broad-based curricular change and describes the successful process of curricular reform at a regional state university The Ph.D. Versus the Ed.D.: Time for a Decision Russell T. Osguthorpe and Mei Jiuan Wong This paper presents a national study of the U.S. institutions that offer the Ph.D. or Ed.D. Improving the Process of Education: Total Quality Management for the College Classroom James P. Gilbert, Kay L. Keck, and Ronald D. Simpson This article proposes using a total quality management (TQM) approach to improve the effectiveness of classroom teaching Being There: Social Service and Teacher Education at the University of Houston Kip Téllez and Peter S. Hlebowitsh This paper examines a project that helps teacher education students become familiar with diverse cultures Innovative Higher Education Volume 18, Number 2, Winter 1993 Editor’s Page Ronald D. Simpson Outstanding Editorial Board Set for Coming Year Education as an Investment in Our Future Sven Groennings Our prosperity depends upon our investment in education Traditional and Nontraditional Student Attitudes Toward the Mixed Age College Classroom Jean M. Lynch and Catherine Bishop-Clark This study involved interviews with traditional and nontraditional students regarding their attitudes toward the mixed age college classroom Toward a Palatable Research Paper Experience Kathryn K. Rileigh A five-stage technique for managing research paper assignments is described and student reactions presented Validating Teaching Competencies for Graduate Teaching Assistants: A National Study Using the Delphi Method Ronald D. Simpson and Kathleen S. Smith A validation of teaching competencies which apply to the instructional role of graduate teaching assistants as a basis for planning admin- istrative support TA Training: From the TA’s Point of View Janet L. Jones Suggestions for the improvement of teaching assistant training programs are provided after studying the opinions and experiences of program participants Innovative Higher Education Volume 18, Number 3, Spring 1994 Editor’s Page Peter Ling, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Guest Editor A Focus on Faculty Development Faculty Development in the United States Jerry G. Gaff and Ronald D. Simpson This report gives an overview of faculty development in the United States during the past 30 years and suggests what remains to be done before this movement becomes fully institutionalized in American higher education Current Challenges to Quality in Higher Education Paul Ramsden Research into the influence of teaching and assessment on the quality of the learning of university students is drawn on in presenting a response to current challenges to quality in higher education The Ally Within: An Innovatory Approach to Networking and Staff Development Philip Candy and Jill Borthwick This paper reports on innovations in teaching in the university voted best in Australia in 1993 Quality and Change in Higher Education Lewis Elton and Pat Cryer This article presents a change theory analysis of the different funding strategies of two British Government Departments and their effects on universities Administration for Innovation in Higher Education Lorraine Ling and Peter Ling This paper presents an approach to administration designed to enhance innovation in higher education and reports on a trial application Innovative Higher Education Volume 18, Number 4, Summer 1994 Editor’s Page Ronald D. Simpson Do We Really Know What Constitutes Good Teaching? Initiating Minorities into the Professoriate: One School’s 243 Model John S. Gooden, Paul A. Leary, and Ronald B. Childress This article describes a college’s efforts to increase faculty diversity by recruiting minority doctoral students who are at the final stages of their programs Nurturing Faculty Vitality by Matching Institutional Interventions with Career-Stage Needs Patricia Kalivoda, Geraldine Rogers Sorrell, and Ronald D. Simpson Results from a study of Lilly Teaching Fellows and Lilly Mentors supports the notion that one key to a successful instructional and faculty development program is to target activities to the academic career stage of the faculty member Using the Workshop Approach in University Classes to Develop Student Metacognition Daisy E. Arredondo and Terrance T. Rucinski The results of a study conducted by two professors at two separate universities investigating student creativity and metacognition are presented Strategies for Infusing Curricula with a Multicultural Perspective David MacPhee, Kevin Ann Oltjenbruns, Janet J. Fritz, and Jill C. Kreutzer Pedagogical strategies are described for infusing a multicultural perspective into courses from disparate disciplines in the human sciences