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Faculty Scholarship at Community Colleges: Culture, Institutional Structures, and Socialization
Author(s) -
Morest Vanessa Smith
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20152
Subject(s) - scholarship , socialization , sociology , community college , engaged scholarship , higher education , curriculum , community engagement , pedagogy , political science , public relations , medical education , social science , medicine , law
This chapter looks at community college faculty engagement in scholarship. Community college faculty spend the majority of their time engaged in teaching, and therefore their scholarship typically focuses on strengthening curriculum and instruction. The paper identifies some of the structural and cultural challenges and supports to scholarship at community colleges. The author concludes that mechanisms for encouraging and rewarding scholarship at community colleges remain underutilized.