Working Paper No. 19
Rewarding Faculty Professional Service

 Kerry Ann O'Meara

Abstract

 Scholars of higher education have long recognized that existing reward systems and structures in academic communities do not weight faculty professional service as they do teaching and research. In the past five  years, however, many colleges and universities have found innovative ways to define, document, and evaluate faculty professional service in traditional promotion and tenure systems. Other institutions have created  or expanded alternate faculty reward systems, including faculty service profiles, merit pay, and post-tenure reviews emphasizing service. Based on data from a nationwide sample, this paper discusses a variety of  innovations and offers conclusions and recommendations.

Spring 1997

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