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THE LANDMARK BOOK THAT REDEFINED THE ROLE OF ACADEMIC LEADERS When it was first published in 1990, Ernest L. Boyer's groundbreaking book
Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish ethos that had dominated the academic landscape for generations. Boyer's persuasive and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to resonate today and has become a part of the national conversation on scholarship in the academy. Though steeped in tradition, the role of faculty in the academic world has shifted significantly in recent decades. The number of the non-tenure-track class of professors has increased dramatically in recent years. If the historic rule of promotion and tenure is waning, what role can scholarship play in a fragmented, unbundled academy? Boyer calls for a broadened view of scholarship, audaciously refocusing its gaze from the tenure file and to a wider community. In addition to the original text, this newly revised and expanded edition includes contributions from leading figures in higher education, a critical introduction that explores the impact of Boyer's views, a call to action for applying Boyer's message to the changing nature of faculty work, and a discussion guide that offers an opportunity to start a new conversation about how
Scholarship Reconsidered applies in today's world.
List of contents
About Ernest L. Boyer vii
About the Editors ix
About the Contributors xi
Editors' Acknowledgments xv
A Note to the Reader xvii
Foreword: Scholarship Reconsidered's Influence in Later Carnegie Foundation Work xxi
Mary Taylor Huber PART ONE: THE IMPACT OF SCHOLARSHIP RECONSIDERED ON TODAY'S ACADEMY 1 The Origins of Scholarship Reconsidered 3
Drew Moser and Todd C. Ream Boyer's Impact on Faculty Development 13
Andrea L. Beach The Influence of Scholarship Reconsidered on Institutional Types and Academic Disciplines 19
John M. Braxton Scholarship Reconsidered's Impact on Doctoral and Professional Education 31
Ann E. Austin and Melissa McDaniels How Scholarship Reconsidered Disrupted the Promotion and Tenure System 41
KerryAnn O'Meara Acknowledgments 49
PART TWO: SCHOLARSHIP RECONSIDERED BY ERNEST L. BOYER 53 Scholarship over Time 55
Enlarging the Perspective 67
The Faculty: A Mosaic of Talent 77
The Creativity Contract 91
The Campuses: Diversity with Dignity 99
A New Generation of Scholars 109
Scholarship and Community 117
Appendix A: National Survey of Faculty (1989) 123
Appendix B: Technical Notes 157
Appendix C: Carnegie Classifications 159
Afterword: Advancing the Conversation around Scholarship Reconsidered 161
Cynthia A. Wells Discussion Guide 167
Notes 173
Index 195
About the author
ERNEST L. BOYER (1928?1995) was commissioner of education under President Jimmy Carter and served for 16 years as president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
DREW MOSER is dean of experiential learning and associate professor of higher education at Taylor University.
TODD C. REAM is professor of higher education at Taylor University and research fellow with Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion. He is the coauthor of
Christian Faith and Scholarship: An Exploration of Contemporary Developments, from Jossey-Bass.
JOHN M. BRAXTON is professor of higher education at Vanderbilt University. He is the editor of
Analyzing Faculty Work and Rewards: Using Boyer's Four Domains of Scholarship and
Rethinking College Student Retention, both from Jossey-Bass.
Summary
Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscape Ernest L. Boyer's landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations.
