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Book SynopsisProfessional service can be an intellectually challenging activity, as well as a critical element in fulfilling campus missions... if properly conceptualized, performed, evaluated, and rewarded. This book explains why professional service is needed, and how it can be documented and evaluated, with case study examples of five actual projects. A companion volume to "Making Outreach Visible".
Table of ContentsForeword, Making the Case for "Making the Case", A Renewed Need for an Old Tradition , Institutional Benefits, What Is Professional Service? Professional Service as a Scholarly Activity, Making the Case: Five Case Studies: A project in the practice of public history; Geological field study guides; Ethics instruction in police academies; Improving a chemical manufacturing process; Assessment of an English language program for immigrants. Assessing the Case, An Action Agenda: Ten Questions for Departmental Discussion, A Final Word
