In higher education, peer review stands as the prime means for ensuring that scholarship is of the highest quality, and from it flows consequential assessments that shape careers, disciplines, and ...

Establishing a peer review of teaching process and community culture is not easy and takes time. Following recommendations from literature, research, and colleagues can help. A synthesis of this work ...

This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “Building a Faculty that Flourishes,” available in the Chronicle Store. Mention peer review of teaching in a faculty meeting, and you’re ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are a popular measure of teaching effectiveness, which center students’ perspectives. However, research shows that SET scores have limitations, including ...

Recognizing the importance and value of peer review of teaching, the School of Education requires teaching observations for all tenure-track and non-tenure track full-time faculty. Adjunct faculty in ...

Imagine you have completed a scholarly article, book or creative product that you intend as a contribution to your discipline. Who will evaluate your work, attest to its quality and determine whether ...

Peer review is a process by which students are asked to look at other students' work and provide feedback. While most commonly used for writing assignments, peer review can be used for any project or ...

The preliminary meeting is the first physical/personal contact between the reviewer and the instructor and both parties must be prepared if this meeting is to be successful. The first topics of the ...

This page suggests a framework for candidates’ preparation and reviewers’ evaluation during the reappointment, tenure, and promotion processes. It has two parts: a sketch of a suggested process, a ...

The typical peer review focuses on several aspects of teaching using a systematic process of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and then disseminating data gathered from an instructor. The review ...