1. Dr. Summer Van Pelt, Campus Director at the Bay Area campus
BRIDGING THE GAP
Between Enhanced Scholarship Expectations and Practitioner Faculty Awareness Scholarship Mindset and History of Scholarly Activity
Dr. Yvonne Phelps, Vice President of Academic Affairs for Campus Services
Dr. Michelle Palaroan, Director of Academic Affairs at the Las Vegas campus
Dr. Summer Van Pelt, Campus Director at the Bay Area campus
The research for this project was conducted by members of the leadership team at the University of Phoenix. Yvonne Phelps, Vice President of Academic Affairs for Campus Services, Michelle Palaroan, Director of Academic Affairs at the Las Vegas campus, and Summer Van Pelt, Campus Director at the Bay Area campus, represent a variety of organizational perspectives on this faculty based topic.
September

2. Traditional Academic Research
Historically…
Practitioner Faculty Model Leveraging Practical Professional Experience VS
Traditional Academic Research
Historically many universities have utilized the practitioner faculty model leveraging practical professional experience over traditional academic research.

3. Revised Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Requirements
Enhanced Scholarship Expectations
Revised Regulatory Requirements presenting new scholarship expectations for all Faculty
Emphasis on Faculty that teach at Masters Course Level in all Colleges
All Faculty members need to engage in a scholarship plan
Meet new qualification requirements
Over the past year university accrediting bodies (HLC) have tightened many aspects of faculty expectations including enhanced scholarship expectations. Revised regulatory requirements present a new scholarship expectation for all faculty with an emphasis on faculty that teach at the Masters Course level in all colleges. While each college may interpret and define the requirements differently, all faculty members need to engage in a scholarship plan to meet and retain new qualification requirements.

4. Tri-Campus Scholar Symposium
Tri-Campus Scholars Symposium Hailed a Success
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Imagine if you could connect researchers and scholars together even when they're 1,000 miles apart.
Tri-Campus Scholar Symposium
Faculty from 3 campuses (Bay, Western Washington, and Phoenix) were invited to participate in the Tri-Campus Scholar Symposium on May 12, 2017 with the option of attending at any of the 3 campuses or via WebEx. Campus Services hosted the Symposium with the goal of bridging the scholarship gap by providing an interactive research seminar and exposure to university research and scholarship resources.

5. Tri-Campus Scholar Symposium
Established with the goal of bridging the scholarship gap by providing an interactive research seminar and exposure to university research and scholarship resources.
Connected multiple regions simultaneously – leveraging technology to reach a larger audience.
Involved many hours of intricate planning, heavily focused on technology.
One day event from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Nine presentations total
Three running simultaneously

6. Tri-Campus Scholar Symposium
Research included:
“Exploring University Goals: In-Depth Look at Communication Scaffolding of Rigor and Assessment in the Humanities. Dr. Cheryl Burleigh
“The Relationship between Professional Development for Elementary Teachers and Student Achievement in Science” Dr Michael Green
“Preparing for the Demands of Leading in Turbulent Times: Successes and Challenges of Scholar Practitioner Leader Doctoral Graduates” Dr. Herman Van Niekerk
“Co-curricular Learning in Adult Education” Dr. George Kelley

7. Knowledge Without Boundaries (KWB)
School of Advanced Studies hosted campus based research workshops to introduce participants to community research and to guide the participants to solutions for their own research. Workshops are offered in multiple areas including idea generation, methodological approaches, and research and presentation opportunities.
KWB
School of Advanced Studies hosted campus based research workshops to introduce participants to community research and to guide the participants to solutions for their own research.  Workshops are offered in multiple areas including idea generation, methodological approaches, and research and presentation opportunities.

8. One : One Coaching 1:1 coaching
Faculty and Academic staff with scholarship, publishing, and/or academic conference presenting experience mentors faculty through the scholarship process

9. Current Faculty Situation Tools Training Resources
Bridge that Gap
Current Faculty Situation
Tools Training Resources
Goal ~ Use action research to determine appropriate resources/approaches to bridging the gap and to:
Determine faculty awareness of new research requirements
Determine if there is a gap between practitioner faculty’s knowledge and understanding and the enhanced scholarship requirements
Determine appropriate tools, resources and approaches to bridge the gap.
Potential Solutions
Knowledge without boundaries research event (KWB)
Tri campus research symposium
One to one coaching and mentoring
This presents a gap between the current faculty situation (experience/interest/understanding) regarding scholarship and the current requirements for a significant number of existing faculty members. This research focuses on identifying and creating tools, training, and resource possibilities to bridge this gap in scholarship considerations.
Goal ~ Use action research to determine appropriate resources/approaches to bridging the gap and to:
            Determine faculty awareness of new research requirements
Determine if there is a gap between practitioner faculty’s knowledge and understanding and the enhanced scholarship requirements?
Determine appropriate tools, resources and approaches to bridge the gap.
Potential Solutions==
Knowledge without boundaries research event (KWB)
Tri campus research symposium
One to one coaching and mentoring

10. Expected Contributions…
Create a platform to discuss Faculty awareness of scholarship options and expectations
Offer potential solutions to bridging Faculty knowledge of scholarship
Identify ways to increase Faculty confidence and motivation to encourage active engagement in scholarship activities
More salient of their role (Green & Baskind, 2007)
Faculty that are aware of and comfortable with scholarship add value to the student or society and students as a result of scholarship activity (Dew, 2999)
The expected contribution is to create a platform to discuss faculty awareness of scholarship options and expectations, offer potential solutions to bridging faculty knowledge of scholarship, and identify ways to increase faculty confidence and motivation to encourage active engagement in scholarship activities. Along with the new sanctions imposed by accreditors, previous studies have indicated that within the role of faculty in schools, scholarship has become the most salient of their role (Green & Baskind, 2007). As an additional benefit of uncovering ways to encourage scholarship, faculty that are aware of and comfortable with scholarship add value to the student or society and students as a result of the scholarship activity (Dew, 2009).

11. REFERENCES: Dew, J. (2009). Quality issues in higher education
REFERENCES: Dew, J. (2009). Quality issues in higher education. The Journal for Quality and Participation, 32(1), Retrieved from Green, R. G., & Baskind, F. R. (2007). The second decade of the faculty publication project: Journal article publications and the importance of Faculty scholarship. Journal of Social Work Education, 43(2),
Faculty and Academic staff with scholarship, publishing, and/or academic conference presenting experience mentors faculty through the scholarship process
Conclusions