Improving University Teaching. Proceedings. International Conference (10th, College Park, Maryland, July 4-7, 1984) [microform]

Proceedings of the tenth international conference on improving university teaching are presented, along with summaries and abstracts of supplemental papers. Theme presentations and authors include: "Maintaining and Enhancing Faculty Motivation and Morale in an Era of Decline" (Martin L. Maehr); "Adapting to the Growing Presence of Adults in Universities in the United States" (Morris T. Keeton); "Towards New Concepts for Better Cooperation between Higher Education and Industry" (Jean Michel); "Liberal Education and Life after Graduation" (Robert M. Diamond); "Academic Administration for the 21st Century: The Participants and the Processes" (George Keller); and "Meeting Student Needs with Technology" (Wilbert J. McKeachie). Seminar papers and authors include: "Student Learning in the University" (Janet G. Donald); "An Investigation of the Duties of External Examiners in Higher Education in the United Kingdom" (David Warren Piper); "Need for Developing Humanistic Values in the Teaching and Learning Environment: A Paradigm Shift" (Kishore Gandhi); "Values Made Tangible: Cultural Artifacts and Humanistic Education" (Ted Bogacz); "Burnout: A Study of Stress in Academe" (Winifred Melendez, Rafael de Guzman); "Pressures of the Professoriate: Individual and Institutional Coping Strategies" (Walter H. Gmelch); and "Ten-Year Perspective on Faculty and Staff Development" (Robert J. Menges). (SW)