I Prefer to Teach An International Comparison of Faculty Preference for Teaching

This dissertation draws on the perspectives of nearly 2000 faculty from around the world to determine significant trends in how professors view teaching and research. At colleges and universities throughout the world, there are professors who devote the lion's share of their time toward research activities, and other professors prefer teaching. Using data collected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's international survey of the academic profession, this study found that there are international similarities in how teaching-oriented faculty view higher education differently that their research-oriented colleagues, particularly regarding their perspectives toward the assessment of teaching and the international dimensions of higher education.

This book draws on the perspectives of nearly 20 000 faculties from around the world to determine significant trends in how professors view teaching and research.

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Research on the Academic Profession: An Overview 3. Comments on the Data and Analysis 4. Professors Who Prefer Teaching 5. Issues of Instruction 6. Institutional Working Conditions 7. The Academic Profession 8. Higher Education's Role in Society 9. International Dimensions of Higher Education 10. Summing Up References/Appendices/Index

James Forest is Assistant Dean for Academic Assessment and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.