Faculty Mentoring: What the Boyer Commission Forgot

In 1998, a Carnegie Foundation Commission Report criticized America's 123 research universities for failing our educational system by ignoring undergraduate education. Notably absent from the Commission's list of recommendations was mentoring research university faculty as a strategy to im...

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Published inPlanning for higher education Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 23 - 30
Main Author Wasburn, Mara H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Society for College and University Planning 2005
Subjects
College Faculty
Cooperation
Educational Improvement
Higher Education
Incentives
Mentors
Rewards
Surveys
Undergraduate Study
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Summary:In 1998, a Carnegie Foundation Commission Report criticized America's 123 research universities for failing our educational system by ignoring undergraduate education. Notably absent from the Commission's list of recommendations was mentoring research university faculty as a strategy to improve their teaching. This article discusses strategic collaboration, a mentoring model that can contribute significantly to achieving this objective. Such a network can also create an environment conducive to interdisciplinary research that, because of its increased value and rewards at such universities, can provide an added incentive for faculty participation.
ISSN:0736-0983