Editor's note : Enhancing faculty performance and vitality / Wayne R. Kirschling -- Faculty vitality and the management of university personnel policies / Donald K. Smith -- Social learning and problem-solving strategies for improving academic performance / Jack Lindquist -- Using student assessments to improve performance and vitality / John A. Centra -- Performance and vitality as a function of student-faculty fit / Gerald K. Bogen -- Mid-career change and early retirement / Carl V. Patton -- Faculty collective bargaining : implications for academic performance and vitality / Caesar J. Naples, J. Kent Caruthers, Alexandra J. Naples -- Concluding observations and suggestions / Wayne R. Kirschling.
