Written by the director and staff of the first, and one of the largest, teaching centers in American higher education - the University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) - this book offers a unique perspective on the strategies for making a teaching center integral to an institution's educational mission.

FOREWORD Lester P. Monts INTRODUCTION CRLT and Its Role at the University of Michigan Constance E. Cook PART ONE. LEADERSHIP AND CORE FUNCTIONS 1. LEADING A TEACHING CENTER Constance E. Cook 2. MEASURING A TEACHING CENTER'S EFFECTIVENESS Mary C. Wright 3. FORGING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FACULTY AND ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS Constance E. Cook and Deborah S. Meizlish 4. CONSULTATIONS ON TEACHING Using Student Feedback for Instructional Improvement Cynthia J. Finelli, Tershia Pinder-Grover, and Mary C. Wright 5. GRADUATE PEER TEACHING CONSULTANTS Expanding the Center's Reach Tershia Pinder-Grover, Mary C. Wright, and Deborah S. Meizlish 6. APPROACHES TO PREPARING FUTURE FACULTY FOR TEACHING Chad Hershock, Christopher R. Groscurth, and Stiliana Milkova PART TWO. SPECIAL EMPHASES AT CRLT 7. THE ROLE OF A TEACHING CENTER IN CURRICULAR REFORM AND ASSESSMENT Constance E. Cook, Deborah S. Meizlish, and Mary C. Wright 8. STRENGTHENING DIVERSITY THROUGH FACULTY DEVELOPMENT Crisca Bierwert 9. ENGAGING FACULTY IN EFFECTIVE USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY Erping Zhu, Matthew Kaplan, and Charles Dershimer 10. ACTION RESEARCH FOR INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT Chad Hershock, Constance E. Cook, Mary C. Wright, and Christopher O'Neal 11. ROLE-PLAY AND BEYOND Strategies for Incorporating Theatre Into Faculty Development Matthew Kaplan and Jeffrey Steiger CONCLUSION Responding to Challenges Faced by Teaching Centers at Research Universities Matthew Kaplan with contributions from. Terry Aladjem, Lori Breslow, Susanna Calkins, Deborah DeZure, Robyn Dunbar, Jean C. Florman, Marne Helgesen, Alan Kalish, David Langley, Gregory Light, Angela Linse, Michele Marincovich, Joan Middendorf, Allison Pingree, William C. Rando, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Kathy Takayama, Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Suzanne Weinstein, and Mary-Ann Winkelmes REFERENCES ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS INDEX