The assessment of scholarship assumes a central role in the evaluation of individual faculty, educational programs and academic fields. Because the production and assessment of scholarship is so central to the faculty role, it is incumbent upon decision makers to strive to make assessments of scholarship fair and equitable. This paper will focus on an approach to the assessment of the quantity ...

Context: Although medical education is the unique mission of academic medical centers and medical schools, there is a perception that research is valued more than teaching. Objective: To determine in a group of excellent teachers (1) job satisfaction; (2) differences in perceptions among those who remained in the department compared to those who left; and (3) where those who left went. Design, ...

PURPOSE The influx of women into academic medicine has not been accompanied by equality for male and female faculty. Women earn less than men in comparable positions, progress more slowly through academic ranks, and have not attained important leadership roles. This study tested hypotheses about why gender disparities exist in salary, rank, track, leadership, and perceptions of campus climate a...

In this Activity article, Christian Kugge (R&D specialist at Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget) and Peter J. Deuss (tenure-track assistant professor of green smart biomass processing the University Groningen) exchange views from industrial academic perspectives, respectively, on future research directions for lignin valorization challenges associated with production fuels lignin.