Scholarship unbound : assessing service as scholarship for promotion and tenure / KerryAnn O'Meara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Meara, KerryAnn, 1971- author.

Series:

Studies in higher education, dissertation series.

Studies in higher education, dissertation series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers--Promotions--United States.

College teachers.

College teachers--Tenure--United States.

Teachers and community--United States.

Teachers and community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Examining a number of academic institutions, this book highlights how they have broadened their promotion policies in order to weigh faculty professional service equally with scholarship.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: ANSWERING THE CALL; Introduction; Overview; Conceptual Framework; Purpose of the Study; Methodology; Definition of Terms; Significance; CHAPTER TWO: UNWRAPPING SERVICE AS SCHOLARSHIP; Why Assess and Reward Service as Scholarship?; Why Reform Faculty Roles and Rewards?; Why Study Colleges of Education?; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE: PATRICK STATE UNIVERSITY; The Culture of Patrick State University (PSU); School of Education; Moving Toward Change; Redefining Scholarship; The School of Education

Promotion and Tenure DecisionsOutcomes; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: MID-WEST STATE UNIVERSITY; The Culture of Mid-West State University; Rewarding Service as Scholarship: Two Stories; Promotion and Tenure; Outcomes; Summary; CHAPTER FIVE: ST. TIMOTHY; The Culture of St. Tims; Promotion and Tenure; Education Discipline; A New Vision of Scholarship; Tenure and Promotion; Outcomes of the Effort to Redefine Scholarship; Outcomes for Education Faculty; In a State of Flux; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX: ERIN COLLEGE; The Culture of Erin College; Aligning Policy and Practice; The Changes; An Identity Crisis

Rank and PromotionOutcomes; Conclusion; CHAPTER SEVEN: MAPPING CHANGE ACROSS FOUR CASES; Overview; Elements of Academic Culture that Influenced the Development of Policies to Assess Service as Scholarship; Elements of Academic Culture that Hindered SuccessfulIm plementation; Actual Changes Made to Promotion and/or Tenure Policies and Procedures; Promotion and Tenure Decisions; Criteria to Assess Service as Scholarship; Documentations of Service as Scholarship; Problems of Assessing Service: The Swampy Lowlands; Outcomes; Changes in Amount and Quality of Service; Summary

CHAPTER EIGHT: DESIGNING CULTURES THAT REWARD SERVICE AS SCHOLARSHIPSection I: Study Overview; Section II: Study Limitations; Section III: Implications; Managing Academic Culture; Assessment of Service as Scholarship; Managing Outcomes; Section IV: Recommendations; Section V: Topics for Future Research; Conclusion; APPENDIX A: Interview Questions for Faculty on Promotion and Tenure Committees; APPENDIX B: Interview Questions for Faclty within the College of Education; APPENDIX C: Questions for Department Chair, Dean, President, Academic Administrator; APPENDIX D; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

First published in 2002 by RoutledgeFalmer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 27, 2016).

ISBN:

1-315-82937-1

1-317-84968-X

1-317-84967-1

9781315829371

OCLC:

933433324