ISHS Acta Horticulturae 642: XXVI International Horticultural Congress: Horticulture, Art and Science for Life - The Colloquia Presentations
THE VALUE SYSTEM OF A UNIVERSITY - RETHINKING SCHOLARSHIP |
| Author: | C.J. Weiser |
| Keywords: | scholarship, university values, faculty evaluation, promotion and tenure policies |
| 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 member’s 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. | |
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