Criterion (ii) Scholarship
Faculty shall provide evidence of competence and
continued growth in professional activity.
Professionally active faculty demonstrate
accomplishment in scholarship.
Scholarship may take any of the four forms described below, all of
which involve interacting with peers in ways that benefits students,
colleagues, communities, disciplines, and faculty themselves. The university values all of these kinds
of scholarship. Faculty are not
expected to demonstrate accomplishment in all forms of scholarship.
1)
Scholarship of Discovery . . .
demonstrates a commitment to making particular
and unique contributions to knowledge within a discipline. It involves the process of confronting
the unknown, seeking understanding, looking freshly, probing new ideas, and
answering the question, "What is to be known and made
known?" It may be evidenced by
publication, artistic products, and other forms of professional dialogue
with one's peers.
2)
Scholarship of Integration . . .
demonstrates a commitment to interpreting
knowledge, making connections across disciplines, and placing knowledge in
perspective. It involves
illuminating, interpreting, critically analyzing data, and sharing with
colleagues answers to the question, "What do the findings of research
mean?" It may be evidenced by
publication, artistic production, and other forms of professional
conversation with colleagues in one's own and in other disciplines.
3)
Scholarship of Application . . .
demonstrates a commitment to using knowledge
responsibly to solve problems of consequence to human welfare. It may be evidenced by publication,
artistic production, and other forms of professional involvement and leadership
beyond the academic community.
4) Scholarship of Teaching . . .
demonstrates a commitment to understanding and
improving the process of teaching and learning. It involves critical inquiry into the development of
effective approaches and methodologies to communicate one's discipline, and
seeks to raise as well as answer questions. It may be evidenced by publication, artistic products, and by
other forms of intellectual and professional exchange among colleagues. As with all other forms of scholarship,
the demonstration of interaction with professional peers is integral to the
scholarship of teaching.
Criterion
(iii) Service
Faculty shall provide evidence of substantial
and sustained service. Service may
take any of the forms described below.
Service to the university is expected.
Faculty engage in activities that benefit the
university, their profession, and the community through lives of thoughtful
inquiry, work, leadership, and care.
1)
Service to the University . . .
includes general and major advising; personal
and career counseling of students; participating in committee work and
curriculum development; performing administrative tasks; fostering
collegiality among faculty; supporting student-centered extracurricular
activities; speaking to student groups; recruiting and recommending
students.
2)
Service to the Profession . . .
includes participating in professional
organizations and accrediting activities; serving on regional/national/
international committees and boards; giving presentations or lectures.
3)
Service to the Community . . .
includes doing civic, religious, educational, or
other charitable work, and may involve contributions in the private as well
as the public sphere.