Articles
THE VALUE SYSTEM OF A UNIVERSITY – RETHINKING SCHOLARSHIP
Article number
642_14
Pages
129 – 136
Language
English
Abstract
Revised promotion and tenure criteria that evolved from extensive faculty deliberations were adopted during the past decade by a major USA Land Grant university.
The conceptual foundation for this change was a new definition of scholarship as creative intellectual work that is validated by peers and communicated.
Discovery, development, integration, and artistry were identified as forms of scholarship.
Evaluation of a faculty members performance is based upon a position description of assigned duties, appropriate scholarship, service and the relative proportion of effort devoted to each.
Changes in promotion and tenure criteria at universities are rare.
The concept, process and outcomes described here may be useful to other universities.
The conceptual foundation for this change was a new definition of scholarship as creative intellectual work that is validated by peers and communicated.
Discovery, development, integration, and artistry were identified as forms of scholarship.
Evaluation of a faculty members performance is based upon a position description of assigned duties, appropriate scholarship, service and the relative proportion of effort devoted to each.
Changes in promotion and tenure criteria at universities are rare.
The concept, process and outcomes described here may be useful to other universities.
Authors
C.J. Weiser
Keywords
scholarship, university values, faculty evaluation, promotion and tenure policies
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