Joining the debate about the role of scholarship and research at
American universities, this book examines contemporary academic
issues, such as the evolution of postmodern concepts of
scholarship, scholarship in the late age of print, and incentives
for promoting grant writing and scholarly publishing. Contributors,
including provosts, faculty development professionals,
administrators, editors, and scholars, debate the impact of the
German system of research-based graduate study and its faith in the
ideal of pure research on American scholarship. Several
contributors contend that the legacy of privileging pure research
over applied research and pedagogy provides an inadequate model
today. Teaching, conducting applied research, and writing works for
broad audiences are undervalued, they claim, at many universities.
As scholarship becomes more specialized, scholarly writing has
become so specialized that few outside the specific discipline can
read or understand it.
This volume continues the challenge to the concept of pure
research and atheoretical teaching. Contributors demonstrate how
postmodern theories and social and economic problems are working to
explode the myth of disinterested research. The book goes on to
analyze how academics can grapple with the social, political,
moral, and pedagogical issues confronting society. It also
considers the impact of new technologies, such as online databases
and electronic journals, on scholarship. Current research suggests
that only 10 to 20 percent of the nation's faculty produce the
scholarly literature. This volume explores the changes that could
help faculty find their voices as scholars, researchers, and grant
writers.
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