Achieving Transformational Change in Promotion and Tenure Policies for Community-Engaged Scholarship, featuring Dr. Andy Furco, Dr. Jennifer Yee, and Dr. David Donahue. Sponsored by LEAD California, Collaboratory, and NC Campus Engagement.
Webinar recording available at the LEAD California Channel, along with previous webinars from their series on Promotion and Tenure.
Join a webinar with esteemed panelists from around the nation who will discuss their experience in transforming promotion and tenure guidelines and policies at the departmental and institutional levels. Panelists include: David Donahue, University of San Francisco; Jennifer Yee, California State University Fullerton and Andy Furco, University of Minnesota. The panel took place on April 16, 2024.
Collaboratory, LEAD California, and NC Campus Engagement are excited to share their upcoming webinar, Achieving Transformational Change in Promotion and Tenure Policies for Community-Engaged Teaching and Scholarship. Please consider joining us on Tuesday, April 16, 1-2:30pm EDT for a panel discussion including:
These experienced faculty, administrators, and researchers will
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There is always more evidence that community engaged scholarship is valuable. This study from the Pew Charitable Trusts reports that higher education is increasingly rewarding faculty for this work as well.
Universities Take Promising Steps to Reward Research that Benefits Society
The paper provides cases from 13 universities and 10 higher education organizations that offer faculty incentives and benefits (mainly through tenure and promotion policies) for scholarship that has public benefit.
Promising P&T Reforms for Societally-Impactful Research: Strategies and Opportunities, was held February 5th 2024. The recording is available here.
This session explored findings from a new white paper that scans promising reforms to faculty reward systems to recognize a wider range of scholarly contributions in promotion and tenure decisions. The project was commissioned by participants in the Transforming Evidence Funders Network (TEFN), facilitated by The Pew Charitable Trusts. ...continue reading "Webinar Recording: Promising P&T Reforms for Societally-Impactful Research"
Guest editors: Emily Zimmerman, Ph.D., and Sarah Raskin, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Community-engaged research is a critical component of the community engagement landscape, as well as broadening the research enterprise at urban campuses to include communities. Creating the essential infrastructure to support this work requires new ways of thinking about the role of institutions and interdisciplinary programs in community engagement, research development, and research support. Applying the models and frameworks in this issue can provide approaches for campuses to strengthen and commit to community-engaged research in strategic ways.
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The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning has two recent publications on incorporating community engaged scholarship in promotion and tenure. These are excellent reads by leaders in this movement. Review the abstracts and access them below.
Moving Beyond the Policy: Practical Considerations for Reforming Promotion and Tenure featuring Emily Janke, UNCG. Recording available here.
This webinar was hosted November 2023 as part of the Webinar Series on Reforming Promotion and Tenure, hosted by LEAD California, NC Campus Engagement, and the Collaboratory. It is a detailed discussion about advancing efforts to more effectively integrate community engagement in your institution’s promotion and tenure structures, processes, and procedures. ...continue reading "Webinar Recording: Moving Beyond the Policy, Practical Considerations for Tenure Reform"
Re-envisioning Publicly Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure (2023). Featuring Tim Eatman, Emily Janke, and David Donahue. Recording available here.
This event was held in November 2023, as part of theWebinar Series on Reforming Promotion and Tenure, hosted by LEAD California, NC Campus Engagement, and the Collaboratory.
Panelists include Dr. Timothy Eatman, Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community, Rutgers University, Dr. Emily Janke, Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Director of the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement, UNC Greensboro, Dr. David Donahue, Professor of Education, University of San Francisco.
The Nashman Center recently shared a white paper with the GW faculty-led strategic planning committee on High-Impact Research. This committee is one of four, who will draft strategic planning reports to guide GW for the next five years toward President LeBlanc's vision for: world-class faculty, high-quality undergraduate education, distinguished and distinctive graduate education, and high-impact research. https://strategicplan.gwu.edu
The white paper, "Recognizing, Incentivizing, and Rewarding Community-Engaged Scholarship" was reviewed by the members of the High-Impact Research faculty committee. It defines community-engaged scholarship, identifies the challenges to faculty doing this work in the context of departments that favor more traditional approaches to academic work, and provides a list of recommendations. It is a synthesis of the year-long discussions of the 2018 Nashman Center Faculty Learning Community on Recognizing Community-Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure, at George Washington University.
If you would like to add your name in support of the sentiments expressed in the paper, please write Wendy Wagner: wagnerw@gwu.edu.
There were so many great takeaways in yesterday’s conversation we cannot cover them all and encourage you to listen to the session.
The link between faculty diversity and support for community-engaged scholarship. Research by Saltmarsh and others suggests a link between explicit rewards for community-engaged scholarship and an institution’s ability to attract and retain faculty of color and women. Young faculty in particular, are interested in scholarly careers that link knowledge and learning with the public good. They are seeking institutions that will support them in those aims. Link here for a paper on this issue co-authored by Saltmarsh: “Full Participation: Building the Architecture for Diversity and Public Engagement in Higher Education” (2011).
The need for both policy and faculty education in changing institutional culture. Saltmarsh’s current research is examining an institution that recently experienced an intentional shift to support community-engaged scholarship, including a call for all departments to explicitly address support for this work in their bylaws and policies. More on that project is provided here: UNC faculty plan.
Clear policies are necessary but are not sufficient. As a university provost once told Saltmarsh, “policies don’t vote.” It is important that faculty involved in reviewing tenure cases understand how to evaluate community-engaged research for quality and impact. Saltmarsh noted, “Can we value a range of scholarly products? We have to rethink that the only thing that counts is a peer reviewed journal, which may not be of interest to a community partner. These journals are highly specialized, which means they are read by very few. We have to explicitly rethink ‘impact’.”
Resources referred to in the Saltmarsh presentation:
2013 Tulane White Paper -academic review and engagement
Cleveland State University- Confronting the Careless (Byron White)
Links to papers by Saltmarsh:
We hope you’ll be able to use these resources and we’ll see you in
February at the next conversation.
The new article discusses the rigor of social science research examining collaborative, community engaged scholarship and can be found at this link Greg Squires is the chair of a Faculty Learning Community on Rewarding Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Promotion and Tenure Process.
If you would like to join Dr. Squires and other faculty members looking at the scholarship of engagement and it's relationship to tenure and promotion learn more at the link on how to join.
Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic is hosting campus teams at the Institute for Incorporating Community Engaged Teaching & Scholarship in Promotion & Tenure on Wednesday, November 15th at American University
This is a great opportunity to learn more about how to add community engaged teaching and scholarship to processes for promotion and tenure. The event will take place Wednesday, November 15th at American University.
To register yourself or a team from your department click this link registration is now open!
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