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Faculty Roles and Rewards 2005

E. Faculty Roles and Rewards

85% of institutions reported rewarding community-based research or service-learning in faculty review, tenure, and/or promotions, as compared to 83% in 2003-04.

Figure 14. Inclusion of community-based research or service in faculty review, tenure and/or promotion

Institutional Support for Faculty in Service Programs/Service-Learning Courses

As shown in Figure 15, institutions were most likely to provide support faculty involvement in service/civic engagement program and service-learning courses by providing materials to assist faculty in reflection and assessment (78%), conducting faculty development workshops (74%), and providing curriculum models and/or syllabi. Institutions were less likely to support faculty involvement in service-related activities by providing sabbaticals for service-related activities (20%). Institutions were also less likely to give faculty awards for their service-related activities (40%).

Figure 15. Institutional support for faculty involvement in service/civic engagement programs and service-learning courses

Of those 12% of respondents that suggested there were other ways in which faculty were supported by the institution to be involved in service-related activities, the most frequently occurring responses included (a) monetary incentives (awards, grants, and stipends); (b) the existence of a service learning faculty liaison and coordinator; and (c) recognition for service involvement.

I consider Campus Compact to be one of the most enlightened and farsighted ventures that American colleges and universities have undertaken.... It provides evidence that there are, in the world of higher education, people more than willing to pitch in, people of vision and commitment."

-John Gardner, former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare