Abstract:
There was laughter in the room when the student committee, after reviewing college efforts in evaluation of instruction, suddenly posed the unkindest question of all. "And on what basis," said the chairman, "should your work as a college administrator be judged?" Nor was the question an impertinency. While the quality of the contact between student and instructor is central to learning outcomes, the nature of the setting in which they interact is influenced by administrative behavior. And at a time when student councils everywhere are appraising instructor performance, and when new evaluation methods are applied to the student population, perhaps it is only fair that the college administrator receive similar attention.
Keywords:
administration, faculty evaluation