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SoTL Evidence on Promotion and Tenure Vitas at a Research University
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Sara B. Marcketti, Iowa State University
  • Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2016
DOI
10.14434//josotl.v16i5.21152
Abstract

The development and adoption of promotion and tenure (P&T) policies supporting scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) activities began in earnest at our large, Midwestern, land-grant university, over fifteen years ago. The purpose of this research was to present the results of a five year project collecting and analyzing the evidence of SoTL on P&T vitas. Every occurrence of SoTL in peer-reviewed publications, presentations, and funded external and internal grants was counted. Of the 343 successful cases, there were 201 to associate professor and 142 to professor. Of these cases, 48% (n=163) had at least one SoTL artifact included on their vitas. These results suggest SoTL is a meaningful form of scholarship performed by faculty, however, there is additional cultural change necessary for greater integration of SoTL in faculty work.

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Copyright 2016 by The Trustees of Indiana University. Reproduced with permission from the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL).

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Citation Information
Sara B. Marcketti and Steven A. Freeman. "SoTL Evidence on Promotion and Tenure Vitas at a Research University" Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Vol. 16 Iss. 5 (2016) p. 19 - 31
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/steven_freeman/55/