In this study faculty members at Western Carolina University examine their university’s experience with integrating the Boyer scholarship model (with an emphasis on the scholarship of engagement) into the institution’s departmental and institutional culture. Their study analyzed promotion and tenure documents from across departments. The authors conclude that the adoption of the Boyer model was a semi-radical process, with unique definitional, conceptual, and logistical challenges that resulted in a diverse array of practices and approaches across the university’s departments and colleges. Nevertheless the process also gave rise to a campus actively engaged in productive and stimulating conversations to discover what it means to be an engaged institution.

Cruz, L., Ellern, G. D., Ford, G., Moss, H., & White, B.J. (2012). Navigating the Boundaries of the Scholarship of Engagement at a Regional Comprehensive University. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 17(1), 3-26. Full Text.