1. The Road Less Traveled Cynthia V. Fukami Daniels College of Business
University of Denver
PhD Project Dinner
August 2, 2003

2. Two Diverse Journeys My journey as a professor
The Daniels College of Business’s journey as an institution

3. Struggling with Balance
Publish or perish doctoral training
Little emphasis for my development as a teacher
Many models for discovery, few models for teaching scholarship
My first teaching experiences

4. My First Job Traditional publish or perish environment
My success in teaching
Either-or-mentality about research and teaching
Coming “out of the closet” at OBTC
Deciding to move on—searching for “balance”

5. My Second Job
Is there an option beyond “research” schools and “teaching” schools?
Yes!

6. University Of Denver Founded In 1864
Independent (Oldest in Rocky Mtn. Region)
John Evans (Northwestern)
Degrees
Undergraduate
Graduate: Masters & Ph.D.

7. Daniels College Of Business
Founded In 1908 (8th Oldest)
AACSB accredited ( today)
No Ph.D.
MBA and MS degrees
Approx. 1,000 students
Undergraduate degrees
Approx. 1,100 students

8. Daniels College (Cont.)
Approximately 80 full-time faculty
Tenure-track positions (62)
Non-tenure track positions
Clinical Professor (4)
Lecturers (14)

9. Daniels College’s Mission
Foster enlightened practice
Foster professional achievement
Foster community commitment

10. Curricular Design The Daniels Core
Interpersonal & communication skills
Technology
Ethics

11. Traditional Performance Model
The “3 tab” model:
Teaching
Research
Service

12. Boyer Scholarship Model
The “4 tab model”
Discovery
Integration
Application
Teaching

13. Our Version Scholarship Document Faculty performance weights
Faculty position & Life cycle
Performance reviews
Annual merit
Pre-(2 years) and post-(3 years) tenure
Promotion and tenure
Four criteria: quantity, quality, continuous improvement, and collegiality.
Intellectual Contributions Database

14. Measures: Scholarship Of Teaching
Instruction
Academic service
Advising
Assisting student organizations
Journal articles
Pedagogical cases
Instructional software

15. Measures: Scholarship Of Application
Academic service
Professional service
Consulting
Professional organizations
Community service
Journal articles
Cases
Textbooks

16. Measures: Scholarship Of Integration
Academic service
Developing courses & programs
Committees
Journal articles
Textbooks
Interdisciplinary cases

17. Measures: Scholarship Of Discovery
Academic service
Mentoring colleagues
Journal articles
Books & monographs

18. Scholarship Support at Daniels
Scholarship Steering Committee
Scholarship Grants
Faculty Development
Annual Awards

19. Reward System Faculty performance report
Academic unit merit raise (75% of pool)
%-of-pool approach
Peer or chair evaluations
Dean’s office merit raise (25% of pool)
College-wide bonuses

20. Results First (only) school reaccredited by AACSB using Boyer model.
Scholarship Grants: 91 during
Scholarly output by faculty: versus 1999
SOT more than doubled; SOI (cases) increased twelve fold; overall output increased 37%.

21. Lessons Learned at Daniels
Expect the change to take time
Faculty resistance
Align with overall strategy or mission
Align with performance review
Align with support
Persistence, persistence, persistence

22. Fostering Diverse Journeys
Remove, or at least try to minimize, the risk
Start adding rewards
Create and sustain a culture and infrastructure that will allow a broader view of scholarship to flourish.

23. Contact Information
Cindi Fukami
Daniels College of Business
University of Denver
Denver, CO