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Volume 14

Volume 14 (1995) To Improve the Academy
Section I: Reconceptualizing the Practice of Faculty Development
Reflecting Critically on Our Efforts to Improve Teaching and Learning
Ronald A. Smith
Improving Teaching across the Academy: Gleanings from Research
Ben Ward
A Quantum Leap in Faculty Development: Beyond Reflective Practice
Donna Qualters
Credibility: The Crux of Faculty Development
Margaret M. Morgan, Patricia H. Phelps, and Joan E. Pritchard
Faculty Development Programs at Research Universities: Implications for Senior Faculty Renewal
Arthur L. Crawley
Teaching Improvement: Disciplinary Differences in Faculty Opinions
Lynnda J. Emery
Section II: Faculty Collaboration and Collegiality
Peers Coaching Teaching: Colleagues Supporting Professional Growth across the Disciplines
Kate Kinsella
Improving Teaching through Reflective Partnerships
Roy Killen
The Case for Instructional Mentoring
Richard J. Nichols and Beverley T. Amick
A Special Colloquium on Teaching Excellence to Foster Collegiality and Enhance Teaching at a Research University
James K. Wangberg, Jane V. Nelson, and Thomas G. Dunn
Section III: The Changing Student Constituency
Faculty Development and Changing Environments of the Urban Campus
Debrah Jefferson and Susan Peverly
Academic Syndromes Revisited
Robert R. Dove
Teaching and Learning in the Divers Classroom: A Faculty and TA Partnership Program
Matthew L. Ouellett and Mary Deane Sorcinelli
Section IV: New Practices
Using Electronic Mail for Teaching and Learning
James M. Hassett, Charles M. Spuches, Sarah P. Webster
Exploring Student Ratings through computer Analysis: A Method to Assist Instructional Development
Robert W. Lewis
Improving Students’ Critical Thinking Outcomes: A Process-Learning Strategy in Eight Steps
S. Kay A. Thornhill and Melissa Wafer