Higher Education Research & Development, Volume 2, Number 1, 1983.

Overview & Synopsis

Five articles on research and development in higher education and three review articles are presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "Students' Assessments of Instruction as a Basis for Teaching Improvement and Promotions Decisions: A Case-Study" (John Jones); "The Making of Academic Promotion Decisions: Criteria and Processes" (A. J. Lonsdale); "Some Characteristics and Attitudes of Academics in Australian Universities and Colleges of Advanced Education" (John A. Bowden and John Anwyl); "A Review of Research on Lecturing" (M. J. Dunkin); and "Introducing Explicit Training in Problem Solving into our Courses" (Donald R. Woods). Titles and authors of review articles are as follows: "General Education in the University" (Robert Waddell); "Distance Learning in Higher Education" (Patrick Guiton); and "Understanding Learning" (Paul Ramsden). The review article on distance education covers four books, while each of the other review articles covers one book. (SW)