Encouraging Multiple Forms of Scholarship in Faculty Reward Systems: Influence on Faculty Work Life

Has changing rewards systems for faculty, so that they encourage multiple forms of scholarship, been successful? A literature search, followed by a survey of CAOs (chief academic officers), finds that valuing multiple forms of scholarship has had positive results among the faculty. Institutional planners might consider the Boyer reform [introduced by Ernest Boyer in 1990, emphasizing a new way of thinking about faculty roles and rewards] as one strategy to align faculty interests with the interests of the institution. (author)