Departments That Work
Jon F. Wergin
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Description for Departments That Work
Hardcover. Evaluation in departments is widespread but often fails to spark positive change. Based on his extensive work with academic departments across the country, Wergin explains that successful department evaluation exists only when faculty and departments have a strong influence on the purposes, processes, and methods of evaluation. Series: Jossey-Bass Resources for Department Chairs. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Evaluation in departments is widespread but often fails to spark positive change. Based on his extensive work with academic departments across the country, Wergin explains that successful department evaluation exists only when faculty and departments have a strong influence on the purposes, processes, and methods of evaluation. The central purpose of Departments That Work is how academic programs can make evaluation more useful and critical reflection more likely.
Topics include:
* How quality has become confused with such concepts as effectiveness, productivity, and marketability and how it might more constructively be conceived as focusing on the ... Read more
Evaluation in departments is widespread but often fails to spark positive change. Based on his extensive work with academic departments across the country, Wergin explains that successful department evaluation exists only when faculty and departments have a strong influence on the purposes, processes, and methods of evaluation. The central purpose of Departments That Work is how academic programs can make evaluation more useful and critical reflection more likely.
Topics include:
* How quality has become confused with such concepts as effectiveness, productivity, and marketability and how it might more constructively be conceived as focusing on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Jossey-Bass Resources for Department Chairs
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781882982578
SKU
V9781882982578
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About Jon F. Wergin
Jon F. Wergin is professor of educational studies at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and a senior scholar with the American Association for Higher Education. He received his PHD in educational psychology in 19734 from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and has been at VCU ever since, serving in both administrative and faculty roles. In 1992 he took a leave ... Read more
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