The Ingredients:
-Massive administrative
support
-A dedicated director
-A faculty advisory council
-A core of faculty members who are willing to engage in this work and
share it with others
George Walker
Vice President for Research,
Dean of the Graduate School
Massive administrative support (continued)
Vice President Walker’s talk at the first SOTL main event was subsequently
delivered to representatives of research universities at invitation of
AAHE and distributed nationally.
Other SOTL resources by George Walker:
A
statement that SOTL is important.
A
brief message to faculty regarding the rationale and significance
of SOTL.
The campus SOTL initiative received a huge boost in administrative support
when George Walker became a partner in it. From that time, the SOTL initiative
was impelled by the two primary academic offices on the campus. This partnership
facilitated the movement of faculty interest toward SOTL from research
as well as teaching.
George
Walker describes some of the administrative support available for SOTL.
George Walker is currently a senior
scholar at the Carnegie Foundation leading a new study: Rethinking
the Doctorate
George Walker’s contributions exemplify what a distinguished researcher
and senior administrator can do to help advance teaching and its scholarship.
