DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IDEAL PROFESSOR: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH

In a recently conducted study it was found that an effective college teacher could be characterized chiefly in terms of "research,""teaching," and "service to the university." The present experiment corroborated these findings using a relatively unknown approach to data collection, analysis, and interpretation. A free-response method of data collection, in conjunction with nonmetric multidimensional scaling, produced results highly similar to those of the previous study. In addition, the solution permitted a straight-forward means of assessing the performance of individual faculty members.     

A Response to the Emperor's New Clothes

In reply to Alschuler's commentary on their original article, the authors argue that portfolios are reliable, valid means for assessing students' progress and for program evaluation.     

美国社区学院和职业教育与培训的关系

美国的社区学院起始于100多年以前.那时候,几所最具声誉的大学领导人,在芝加哥大学校长WILLIAMRAINDY HARPER博士的影响下,开始探索中等与高等教育的衔接问题.他们认为,高等院校最初两年的教育与其后两年的教育相比,实际上与高中最后两年的教育更为接近.美国的教育体制包括四年的高中教育和四年的大学本科教育.象芝加哥大学那样的高等院校的办校宗旨是培养他们很多的学生进研究生院.HARPER校长认为,大学教育的重点应着重于本科大学后两年的教育,为学生进研究生院或专职学院作好准备.     

Portfolio Assessment: A Model for Counselor Education

Portfolio assessment can be used to measure counselor-in-training growth over time. The benefits to counselor education programs, including the ability to evaluate counselor progress, are discussed.