Pre-Conference Workshop

Policies Don't Vote: The Changing Culture of Knowledge Production in Higher Education

Promotion and tenure policies represent what is perhaps the deepest expression of the values of institutions of higher education. At best the relationship between articulated priorities of higher education institutions and the practical realities of tenure and promotion policies can be characterized as mismatched. Policy change is needed for the development of truly engaged institutions.  Numerous studies of faculty involvement in community engagement show that academic reward systems that do not change to assess and recognize engaged scholarship stand as a formidable barrier to the careers of engaged scholars,  recruitment of faculty for this critical work, and campuses truly institutionalizing the work at their core.

This workshop will provide opportunities for participants to share experiences about the variety of ways that the culture of the academy is shifting towards a more intellectually robust and agentic milieu within their institutional contexts . Tim Eatman will facilitate discussion and provide participants with practical activities, and tools and other resources to assist in developing analysis and action planning to support publicly engaged scholarship at their institutions.

Presenter

Timothy Eatman, Co-Director of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA)

Last Updated: November 14, 2013