Scholarship Unbound

by O'Meara,Kerry Ann

• ISBN13: 9780415932233
• ISBN10: 0415932238
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-30
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

Scholars of higher education have long recognized that existing reward systems and structures in academic communities do not weigh faculty professional service as they do teaching and research. Complaints about the promotion and tenure system have led many institutions to "mend" their process. A popular modification has been to expand the definition of scholarship used in promotion. This book examines the organizational change process by which four colleges and universities revised their promotion policies to include a broader definition of scholarship and implemented the policies within colleges of education. The book focuses specifically on the assessment of service as scholarship for promotion and tenure.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Answering the Call	1	(10)
Introduction	1	(2)
Overview	3	(2)
Conceptual Framework	5	(1)
Purpose of the Study	6	(1)
Methodology	6	(2)
Definition of Terms	8	(1)
Significance	9	(2)
Unwrapping Service as Scholarship	11	(8)
Why Assess and Reward Service as Scholarship?	11	(2)
Why Reform Faculty Roles and Rewards?	13	(2)
Why Study Colleges of Education?	15	(2)
Conclusion	17	(2)
Patrick State University	19	(30)
The Culture of Patrick State University (PSU)	19	(1)
School of Education	20	(2)
Moving Toward Change	22	(4)
Redefining Scholarship	26	(4)
The School of Education	30	(2)
Promotion and Tenure Decisions	32	(5)
Outcomes	37	(9)
Conclusion	46	(3)
Mid-West State University	49	(38)
The Culture of Mid-West State University	49	(3)
Rewarding Service as Scholarship: Two Stories	52	(17)
Promotion and Tenure	69	(6)
Outcomes	75	(8)
Summary	83	(4)
St. Timothy	87	(30)
The Culture of St. Tims	87	(2)
Promotion and Tenure	89	(1)
Education Discipline	90	(1)
A New Vision of Scholarship	91	(9)
Tenure and Promotion	100	(6)
Outcomes of the Effort to Redefine Scholarship	106	(3)
Outcomes for Education Faculty	109	(4)
In a State of Flux	113	(1)
Conclusion	114	(3)
Erin College	117	(30)
The Culture of Erin College	117	(3)
Aligning Policy and Practice	120	(2)
The Changes	122	(1)
An Identity Crisis	123	(6)
Rank and Promotion	129	(8)
Outcomes	137	(7)
Conclusion	144	(3)
Mapping Change Across Four Cases	147	(34)
Overview	147	(2)
Elements of Academic Culture that Influenced the Development of Policies to Assess Service as Scholarship	149	(6)
Elements of Academic Culture that Hindered Successful Implementation	155	(5)
Actual Changes Made to Promotion and/or Tenure Policies and Procedures	160	(2)
Promotion and Tenure Decisions	162	(1)
Criteria to Assess Service as Scholarship	162	(4)
Documentations of Service as Scholarship	166	(1)
Problems of Assessing Service: The Swampy Lowlands	167	(3)
Outcomes	170	(3)
Changes in Amount and Quality of Service	173	(5)
Summary	178	(3)
Designing Cultures That Reward Service as Scholarship	181	(28)
Study Overview	181	(3)
Study Limitations	184	(1)
Implications	185	(1)
Managing Academic Culture	186	(7)
Assessment of Service as Scholarship	193	(4)
Managing Outcomes	197	(3)
Recommendations	200	(6)
Topics for Future Research	206	(1)
Conclusion	207	(2)
Appendix A: Interview Questions for Faculty on Promotion and Tenure Committees	209	(4)
Appendix B: Interview Questions for Faclty within the College of Education	213	(2)
Appendix C: Questions for Department Chair, Dean, President, Academic Administrator	215	(104)
Appendix D	319
References	221	(12)
Index	233