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James T. P. Yao This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.1 and Jose M. Roesset  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.1

1Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843, U.S.A. 


 

Received: May 1, 2001
Accepted: May 15, 2001
Publication Date: December 1, 2001

Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.2001.4.4.01  


ABSTRACT


The faculty reward systems are extremely important in the education of future engineers. In a typical faculty reward system for many research universities, teaching is not considered as important as research activities. In this paper, the current faculty reward systems are critically reviewed with suggestions made for further improvements. Although there are encouraging signs, it is our belief that we must be able to measure the quality (instead of quantity) of teaching, research, and service so that a faculty member can be rewarded accordingly.


Keywords: Faculty Responsibilities, Faculty Rewards, Quality, Research, Service, Teaching


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