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Appraisal and Accountability in Higher Education: Some Current Issues *
Author(s) -
Elton Lewis
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1988.tb01818.x
Subject(s) - accountability , promotion (chess) , performance appraisal , psychology , political science , public relations , pedagogy , management , economics , law , politics
Appraisal and accountability become meaningful only m terms of declared and agreed objectives. The article, which deals in the main but not on& with teaching and learning, shows that teaching objectives can be clarified by relating teaching to research and that appraisal at both individual and institutional level can then be made meaningful. This leads on, quite generally, to a discussion of the potential for good as well as the inherent dangers, of appraisal and accountability in a collegial setting, the vital role played by staff development and training, and the difficulties which arise from an association of appraisal with promotion.