The study examined the process of identifying and rewarding faculty members for teaching excellence in a university setting. A holistic scoring procedure was developed to screen candidates and to facilitate the decision process. Improvements in measurement are required before a statistical approach can replace a collegial approach based on consensus among academic peers.
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