Faculty are enriched by fostering different perspectives among one's colleagues and one's students, by respecting different cultural, age, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, and ethnic minority perspectives, by learning about different specialization areas and theoretical orientations, and by appreciating different contributions to excellence made at different stages of one's academic career. Faculty are enriched by learning from colleagues at different institutions and levels, including secondary schools, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and universities. Faculty development is considered a lifelong process and is nurtured by a. periodic opportunities to enrich one's teaching and scholarship b. opportunities for collaborative relationships in teaching and scholarship among colleagues c. periodic evaluation and feedback to all faculty on their teaching, scholarship, and service contributions d. regular institutional support to enhance and improve one's teaching e. access to resources and information about the psychology of diversity. The curriculum is based on clear and rigorous goals. Faculty determine the best structure of a curriculum to achieve the goals they identify for their institution.
Faculty determine the essential elements of a curriculum to achieve the goals they identify.
Faculty establish mechanisms to assess the curriculum. Essential elements of an assessment program include a. APA Home Page .