Faculty perceptions of the scholarship and utility of writing college-level textbooks |
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| Authors: | David L Arnold |
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| Institution: | (1) Office of Research Administration, The University of Louisville, 100 Jouett Hall, 40292 Louisville, KY |
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| Abstract: | The literature and most anecdotal evidence suggest that higher education faculty members hold writing college-level textbooks
in relatively low esteem as a scholarly activity. A structured inquiry conducted among tenured faculty and department chairs
which separated notions of scholarship from expectation of utility disclosed a surprisingly high regard for the scholarship
required in writing textbooks. However, the expectation of utility or reward is much lower, suggesting institutional and financial
pressures that act as major disincentives to textbook authorship. Both the regard for scholarship and the expectation of reward
were also shown to display disciplinary variations.
David L. Arnold is a proposal development officer in research administration at the University of Louisville. His research
interests include both scholarly publishing and continuing and adult education as a university activity. |
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