FACULTY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: PERCEPTIONS OF FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS IN BACCALAUREATE NURSING PROGRAMS IN MICHIGAN.
Contributors: Wayne State University.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Administration.
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of administrators and faculty members of baccalaureate nursing programs regarding the factors used in decisions for promotion, salary increases and tenure. The population consisted of all 470 administrators and faculty members in the sixteen baccalaureate nursing programs in the State of Michigan.

A questionnaire, developed by Peter Seldin, was sent to all the participants and 292 were returned for a response rate of 62%. The data was analyzed by frequency distributions, crosstabulations, t-tests and Chi-squares. From the analysis of the survey data several conclusions seemed warranted.

First, the study revealed there was no significant difference between the perceptions of administrators and faculty members regarding the factors used for evaluating promotion, salary increases and tenure using an alpha level of 0.05. The t-tests also indicated that the type of institution, public or private, did not influence the perceptions of administrators and faculty. However, many faculty members included written comments about their evaluation processes that implied concerns about the fairness of the procedure.

Second, both public and private universities and colleges considered classroom teaching evaluated by systematic student ratings as the major factor always used in teaching evaluation. The majority of programs always used publication in journals for scholarship evaluation. Both types of institutions also ranked college-wide committee participation as the most frequently used source of information in evaluating service performance. Moreover, it appeared that both public and private institutions were using the multiple sources of data recommended in the literature review.

Third, there were some differences between public and private institutions regarding the use of other sources of information in the evaluation process. There was an overall emphasis on high visibility factors, such as, grants and publication in public institutions. The public institutions were also more interested in research factors than private colleges. On the other hand, private institutions were more concerned with student retention factors, such as, student advising and student recruitment.

Lastly, the demographic data indicated that the majority of baccalaureate nursing faculty in Michigan were non-tenured assistant professors with master degree preparation.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-04, Section: A, page: 1133.

Thesis (ED.D.)--WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, 1989.

School code: 0254.