The Dean's Perspective: The Scholorship of Teaching and Learning "Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth is on Teaching Effectiveness"
Krishna S. Dhir
In 1990, former president of Carnegie Foundation, Ernest Boyer published Scholarship Reconsidered. In 1997, Charles Glassick, Mary Taylor, and Gene Maeroff, followed up with Scholarship Assessed. The next year, The Carnegie Foundation launched the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. These initiatives recognize the value ofongoing learning for all; aim to enhance the competencies that form the core ofthe academic profession; and diversify the definition of scholarship. Today, long held assumptions about scholarship are being questioned. Prof. Fukami asks, "How do students come to understand concepts?" It is critical that we should know the answer to this question. Otherwise, how do we explain why one must have the narrowly specialized qualification of the PhD to be a teacher delivering a broad-based generalized MBA curriculum? In this issue, Professor Cynthia Fukami ofthe University of Denver explores issues that are being debated throughout the academe. (Krishna S. Dhir, kdhir@berry.edu)
Keywords: Carnegie Foundation
Krishna S. Dhir Feature Editor, Campbell School of Business, Berry College
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