The COVID19 pandemic has underscored the pressing need for the science community to better engage the public that supports its work. The author will describe pilot projects and pathways forward to accelerate the uptake of graduate education coursework to prepare scientists to better understand the public context of their work...
The COVID19 pandemic has underscored the pressing need for the science community to better engage the public that supports its work. The author will describe pilot projects and pathways forward to accelerate the uptake of graduate education coursework to prepare scientists to better understand the public context of their work...
Based on long-standing involvement and experience with promotion and tenure at the university level, in this paper, we examine the importance of university strategic planning and holistic faculty evaluation in realization and implementation of the promotion and tenure - innovation and entrepreneurship (PTIE) recommendations. After developing a reflection protocol, we...
The NJIT Faculty Senate Committee on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Academic Activities (Research Committee) drafted a white paper on recommendations for Future NJIT Research that represents the consensus of the Research Committee. It was approved unanimously by the Faculty Senate and sent to the new president of NJIT. There are...
ASU is consistently identified as the number one university in innovation. But how does that apply to P&T guidelines? I'll discuss some of the issues that arise in considering innovative work in the promotion and tenure process: how it can be incorporated and what the limitations may be.
In recent years, the Promotion and Tenure process has been increasingly called into question by state lawmakers, public citizens, and even the academic community. With such questions in mind, Ball State University has worked to amend our promotion and tenure procedures to embrace inclusion and innovation, both by emphasizing the...
In recent years, the Promotion and Tenure process has been increasingly called into question by state lawmakers, public citizens, and even the academic community. With such questions in mind, Ball State University has worked to amend our promotion and tenure procedures to embrace inclusion and innovation, both by emphasizing the...
The importance of the public impact of scholarship is commonly cited in the mission and strategy documents of public research universities, but engaged scholars frequently cite gaps in recognition, reward, and support mechanism as obstacles to their work. APLU's Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good initiative aims elevate ways research...
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Recent work in university-anchored innovation and entrepreneurship capacity building has emphasized the importance of "boundary spanners" - people who can span the boundary between the conventional world of university research, and innovation and entrepreneurship. Of particular import are boundary-spanning faculty, who link organically to the world of academic...
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of California will address the audience about recognizing innovation transfer and entrepreneurship in the academic personnel process.
Since its establishment in 1950, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded discoveries and innovations that have transformed our lives, from the Internet to Google to MRI machines. In this session, I will provide an overview of NSF’s first new directorate in more than three decades, the Directorate for Technology,...
Discussion and Presentation of Promotion and Tenure Criteria Working Group Activities. This group considered proposals on topics of open-access, innovation, entrepreneurship, Hispanic-Serving mission, mentorship considerations, and service considerations. This presentation will discuss the importance of consideration of the wide range of factors in creating a culture shift for higher education.
Tenure has often been situated as a non-negotiable tenet of modern academia, a status granted after a probationary period and extensive review, and critical for academic freedom. However, the processes by which promotion and tenure (P&T) are vetted depart in practice from the meritocratic ideal that is frequently used to...
PTIE, if adopted at an institution, invokes a new learning curve for most faculty that have limited or misconceived understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation activity. Specifically, the definitions of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial activity, innovation, product development, commercialization are all new to most faculty. Further, the metrics that will be newly offered...
Tenure has often been situated as a non-negotiable tenet of modern academia, a status granted after a probationary period and extensive review, and critical for academic freedom. However, the processes by which promotion and tenure (P&T) are vetted depart in practice from the meritocratic ideal that is frequently used to...
VentureWell has been a national thought leader in the STEM and innovation space for over 25 years. As pioneers, we have fostered collaboration among the best minds from research labs, academic institutions, classrooms, and beyond. We have helped launch over 850 ventures that have raised close to $1 billion in...
This material is based upon work supported by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Office of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources (FANR), the University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation, the Rita Allen Foundation, and the Kavli Foundation as part of the Civic Science Fellows program.
The global academic community is at a powerful crossroad as it relates to perspectives, recognition and response to innovation and entrepreneurship achievements in the academic environment. Virtually every major institution is stressing the importance of innovation and transfer of technology to faculty, staff and students however the recognition and reward...