Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- PART I What Is Known: Principles, Research Findings, and Implementation Issues -- 1 Recent Perspectives on Undergraduate Teaching and Learning -- 2 Characterizing and Mobilizing Effective Undergraduate Teaching -- 3 Aligning the Cultures of Research and Teaching in Higher Education -- 4 Evaluating Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Principles and Research Findings -- PART II Applying What Is Known: Strategies for Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness -- 5 Evaluation Methodologies -- 6 Evaluation of Individual Faculty: Criteria and Benchmarks -- 7 Evaluation of Departmental Undergraduate Programs -- 8 Recommendations -- References -- Appendix A Selected Student Evaluation Instruments -- Appendix B Samples of Questionnaires Used to Evaluate Undergraduate Student Learning -- Appendix C Examples of Questions for Conducting Peer Evaluations of Teaching -- Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Index.