Faculty research has led to a plethora of innovations and entrepreneurial resources (I&E), allowing for enhancements to the greater social good including, but not limited to, technological and economic advancements. Faculty I&E also enhances faculty competitiveness for funding, institutional image and fundraising, and supports students’ workforce preparation. Over time institutions...
We call for the promotion of faculty innovation & entrepreneurship (I&E), across disciplines, and its recognition in promotion and tenure processes– thereby enabling universities to better serve as a talent and idea engine for the Nation’s innovation economy, and evolve and respond in a time of enhanced societal needs and...
This document provides supplementary material from nationwide survey sent to 377 institutions to gain an understanding of the current evaluation of tenure-line faculty members’ innovation and entrepreneurial impact in promotion and tenure considerations. This work was support by the National Science Foundation (Grant # CNS-1936073) and it part of the...