When it comes to teaching and tenure it is time to walk the walk

2019/08/12 by Andrew W. Murray, Diane K. O’Dowd, Chris Impey · 1 voice
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Innovations in Medical Education #Evaluation of Teaching Practices #Innovative Teaching Methods

paper · pdf · doi:10.7554/elife.50542

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Abstract

Institutions should value teaching and service, and not just research, when considering faculty for promotion and tenure.

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• good points from murray, o'dowd, and impey in @elife. "point of view: when it comes to teaching and tenure it is time to walk the walk." https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50542 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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