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Volume 4

Volume 4 (1985) To Improve the Academy
Part I: Introduction
The Kahuna as Professional and Organizational Development Specialists
Susanne and David Whitcomb
Institutional Development: Impressions From Abroad
Len Ainsworth and Einhard Rau
Applying Japanese Management Techniques to American Higher Education
Peter Seldin
It’s the Institution that Teaches
George C. Helling and Barbara B. Helling
Part II: Introduction
Faculty Careers: Satisfactions and Discontents
Mary Deane Sorcinelli
A Theory of Effectiveness: Faculty Development Case Studies
Ronald A. Smith and Fred S. Schwartz
The Instructional Skills Workshop Program: an Inter-Institutional Approach
Diane Morrison
Critical Thinking in a Freshman Introductory Course: A Case Study
Lynn L. Mortensen and Willis D. Moreland
Improving Classroom Climate for Women: The Faculty Developer’s Role
Delivee L. Wright
Faculty Exchanges as a Means of Renewal and Development
Phyllis Zweig Chin
Buyouts and a Career Transition Program as a Response to Retrenchment
Carol A. Paul
Part III: Introduction
Learning in a Clinical Setting
LuAnn Wilkerson
“It Ain’t Necessarily So”: Uncovering Some Assumptions About Learners and Lectures
Marilla D. Svinicki
Academic Counseling Techniques
Robert G. Pierleoni
Teaching Students to Think: A Workshop Design
Bette LaSere Erickson
Small Groups in Large Classes
Wendy Holmes
Silk Purses
Calvin B. Peters
Group Problem-Solving Exercises: An Application in Economics
Yngve Ramstad
One Sentence Is Worth a Thousand: A Strategy for Improving Reading, Writing and Thinking Skills
Lois Cuddy
Techniques for Teaching Scientific Reasoning and Problem Solving
James L. Fasching and Better LaSere Erickson