Mrs. Johnson added that several ASU students had indicated that they received better instruction in the community colleges than at the university. A number of faculty hired at U of A, ASU, and NAU will be predominantly scholarship research functions. They will be evaluated on what their roles and responsibilities are in their institutions, and 90 percent could be teaching. He suggests this committee leave these matters to the board of regents, presidents, academic officers, and to the faculty. He personally prefers faculty who are actively involved and studying new knowledge and who are researching and exploring their disciplines.
Most faculty do teach, some more than others.
Some do not teach at all. Students do have the opportunity to evaluate their professors. Everything is done to bring a professor back up to standards if they receive a poor student evaluation, but some people, although experts, are not suited to stand in front of a class. Vice Chairman Carruthers moved that H.B. 2338 do pass. Arizona Constitution Click here to return to the A.L.I.S. Home Page.