THE DIMENSlONS OF ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP: Faculty and Administrator Views

Faculty and administrators responded to 32 activity statements related to "scholarship" on a frequency basis and on the characteristicness of the role. Approximately 1,000 faculty members in 24 colleges and universities and 55 administrators from 5 of the schools participated. Factor analysis revealed 6 dimensions of scholarship--profes-sional activity, research (publishing), teaching, service, artistic endeavor, and "engage-ment with the novel, " the last being a new conception, one valued highly by both faculty and administrators in all types of colleges and universities. Significant differences ap-peared with respect to faculty and administrative views on the importance of research in regional universities