Institutionalizing a Broader View of Scholarship into Colleges and Universities through Boyer's Four Domains: (J–B ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE))

In his influential book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, Ernest Boyer (1990) proposed that the definition of scholarship be broadened beyond the predominant emphasis on the scholarship of discovery to encompass the scholarships of integration, application and teaching. Boyer's formulations have sparked considerable scholarly attention, including appraisals of Boyer's arguments by contemporary scholars and efforts to clarify the meaning of the domains of scholarship described by Boyer. This volume reviews the major scholarly works on these topics.

Table of Contents:
Foreword. Introduction. Levels of Institutionalization. Overview of the Volume. Intended Audience. The Four Domains of Scholarship: Toward a Rethinking of Scholarly Role Performance. Perspectives on Scholarship Before Boyer. Contemporary Perspectives on Boyer: Concurrence and Criticism. Assessment of Faculty Scholarship in Boyer s Four Domains. The Scholarship of Application. Service to the External Environment. Service to the Institution. The Function of the Scholarship of Application in the Scholarship Action System. Faculty Engagement in the Scholarship of Application. The Scholarship of Discovery. The Function of the Scholarship of Discovery in the Scholarship Action System. Faculty Engagement in the Scholarship of Discovery. The Scholarship of Integration. What Is the Scholarship of Integration? The Function of the Scholarship of Integration in the Scholarship Action System. Faculty Engagement in the Scholarship of Integration. The Scholarship of Teaching. Perspectives on the Scholarship of Teaching. The Teaching Portfolio. Post-Boyer Perspectives. The Function of the Scholarship of Teaching in the Scholarship Action System. Faculty Engagement in the Scholarship of Teaching. Factors Affecting the Institutionalization of a Broader Definition of Scholarship. Factors Affecting Structural Level Institutionalization. Factors Affecting Procedural Level Institutionalization. Factors Affecting Incorporation Level Institutionalization. Approaches to Altering the Academic Reward System. Essential Attributes of Tenure and Promotion Systems. Administrative and Faculty Involvement. Criteria for Altering the Assessment of Scholarship. Specification of Forms of Scholarship for the Four Domains. An Initial Recommendation. Conclusions and Recommendations for Further Study and for Institutional Policy and Practice. Summary and Discussion of Findings. Conclusions. Recommendations for Institutional Policy and Practice. Recommendations for Further Study. Closing Thoughts. Appendix A: Faculty Professional Performance Study. Appendix B: The Inventory of Scholarship. References. Index.

About the Author :
John M. Braxton is Professor of Education in the Department of Leadership and Organizations at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, TN. William Luckey is President of Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, KY. Patricia Helland is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Leadership and Organizations at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.