Scholarship Reconsidered

<b>Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscape</b> <p>Ernest L. Boyer’s landmark book <i>Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate</i> challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to play a significant part of the national conversation on scholarship in the academy. <p>Though steeped in tradition, the role of faculty in the academic world has shifted significantly in recent decades. The rise of the non-tenure-track class of professors is well documented. If the historic rule of promotion and tenure is waning, what role can scholarship play in a fragmented, unbundled academy? Boyer offers a still much-needed approach. He calls for a broadened view of scholarship, audaciously refocusing its gaze from the tenure file and to a wider community. <p>This expanded edition offers, in addition to the original text, 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 to help readers start a new conversation about how <i>Scholarship Reconsidered</i> applies today.