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Creation of UniSCOPE: A Model for Rewarding All Forms of Scholarship

by Sloan-C

Author Information

Author(s):

Elise A. Gurgevich, Outreach and Cooperative Extension

Author(s):

Drew Hyman, College of Agricultural Sciences

Author(s):

Theodore R. Alter, Outreach and Cooperative Extension

Volume and Issue Information

Volume:

7

Issue:

2

Month:

July

Year:

2003

On March 24, 1998, a small group of faculty and administrators at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) formed a learning community to engage in a deliberative dialogue about recognizing and documenting outreach scholarship in the university. We chose UniSCOPE, University Scholarship and Criteria for Outreach and Performance Evaluation, as the title to encapsulate our mission. Our goal was to consider the meaning of scholarship in the contemporary university and the role of outreach therein. We did this in the context of the Penn State promotion and tenure system to gain a better understanding of its effect on scholarship. We quickly learned that outreach scholarship cannot be examined in isolation. Therefore, we broadened our deliberations to consider the full range of scholarship. This report articulates a multidimensional model of scholarship in general, of which outreach scholarship is a key component and presents our recommendations for action.

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