Inclusively Recognizing Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship Impact within Promotion and Tenure Considerations
Academic research has led to a plethora of innovations and entrepreneurial resources (I&E), allowing for enhancements to the greater good. Institutions of higher education have recognized the value of faculty (and student) I&E in mission statements and strategic plans, including developing s...
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| author | Jana Bouwma-Gearhart Cindy Lenhart Rich Carter Karl Mundorff Holly Cho Jessica Knoch |
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| description | Academic research has led to a plethora of innovations and entrepreneurial resources (I&E), allowing for enhancements to the greater good. Institutions of higher education have recognized the value of faculty (and student) I&E in mission statements and strategic plans, including developing students’ skills, thinking, and employability. Yet commensurate promotion and tenure processes and policies are not a certainty. We describe (1) mapping the unknown terrain of factors relevant to the evaluation of tenure-line faculty members’ I&E in United States promotion considerations, and related training for students via a survey of 99 diverse institutions, and (2) recommendations that inform an alliance of 67+ US institutions pursuing best practices for recognizing faculty I&E impact through reward structures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-22be0b65a20249e8830c111b2ca402d82025-08-19T23:08:31ZengElsevierJournal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity2199-85312021-08-01718218210.3390/joitmc7030182Inclusively Recognizing Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship Impact within Promotion and Tenure ConsiderationsJana Bouwma-Gearhart0Cindy Lenhart1Rich Carter2Karl Mundorff3Holly Cho4Jessica Knoch5College of Education, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USACollege of Education, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USADepartment of Chemistry & Research Office, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USAResearch Office, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USASTEM Research Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USACollege of Education, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USAAcademic research has led to a plethora of innovations and entrepreneurial resources (I&E), allowing for enhancements to the greater good. Institutions of higher education have recognized the value of faculty (and student) I&E in mission statements and strategic plans, including developing students’ skills, thinking, and employability. Yet commensurate promotion and tenure processes and policies are not a certainty. We describe (1) mapping the unknown terrain of factors relevant to the evaluation of tenure-line faculty members’ I&E in United States promotion considerations, and related training for students via a survey of 99 diverse institutions, and (2) recommendations that inform an alliance of 67+ US institutions pursuing best practices for recognizing faculty I&E impact through reward structures.https://www.mdpi.com/2199-8531/7/3/182faculty innovationentrepreneurshippromotiontenurehigher education |
| spellingShingle | Jana Bouwma-Gearhart Cindy Lenhart Rich Carter Karl Mundorff Holly Cho Jessica Knoch Inclusively Recognizing Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship Impact within Promotion and Tenure Considerations faculty innovation entrepreneurship promotion tenure higher education |
| title | Inclusively Recognizing Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship Impact within Promotion and Tenure Considerations |
| title_full | Inclusively Recognizing Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship Impact within Promotion and Tenure Considerations |
| title_fullStr | Inclusively Recognizing Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship Impact within Promotion and Tenure Considerations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inclusively Recognizing Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship Impact within Promotion and Tenure Considerations |
| title_short | Inclusively Recognizing Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship Impact within Promotion and Tenure Considerations |
| title_sort | inclusively recognizing faculty innovation and entrepreneurship impact within promotion and tenure considerations |
| topic | faculty innovation entrepreneurship promotion tenure higher education |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2199-8531/7/3/182 |
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