Promise and Possibility: Building collegial opportunities for scholarship

Authors

Thomas Lucey

DOI

10.58809/OVTR8233

Abstract

The professoriate is a highly individualized endeavor where scholars work independently on projects of their choosing. High stakes issues of retentions and promotions require new faculty members to document a public expertise in scholarship. In one sense, academics are scholarly gamesmen (Maccoby 1976) who attempt to create a scholarly presence while interpreting their colleagues’ patterns of actions and motivations. Such interpretations are created in an environment of “hollowed collegiality” (Massey, Wilger, and Colbeck, 1994) where superficial evidence of active participation often masquerades as community. For many new faculty members, connecting their work to a larger community of scholars can be an intimidating and lonely pursuit.

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Lucey, Thomas (2008) "Promise and Possibility: Building collegial opportunities for scholarship," Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012): Vol. 6: Iss. 3, Article 16.
DOI: 10.58809/OVTR8233
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/alj/vol6/iss3/16