| Description |
xvii, 156 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-150) and index. |
| Contents |
About the author -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. The concept of academic quality -- 2. Motivation for quality work -- 3. Evaluating quality in academic programs -- 4. Creating the engaged department -- 5. Negotiating departmental values -- 6. Finding evidence of quality and quality evidence -- 7. Making meaning of quality evidence -- 8. Enhancing departmental quality -- Appendix : Departments that work : what they do -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Evaluation in departments is widespread but often fails to spark positive change. Based on his extensive work with academic departments across the country, Wergin explains that successful department evaluation exists only when faculty and departments have a strong influence on the purposes, processes, and methods of evaluation. The central purpose of Departments That Work is how academic programs can make evaluation more useful and critical reflection more likely. |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- Administration.
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Departments.
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College teaching -- United States.
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| Added Title |
Building and sustaining cultures of excellence in academic programs |
| ISBN |
1882982576 |
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9781882982578 |
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