Spectrum Productivity

Productivity and funding issues

Definition of productivity: continued survival of information Definition of productivity: cost per hour of faculty production of publication BT: Definition of productivity: cost per hour of instruction per student BT: Definition of productivity: cost per unit of learning per student Definition of productivity: cost per unit of learning in community? Funding for research hours BT: Funding for hours of instruction Funding for specific degree outcomes (that is, not necessarily number of course hours, but degree completed) BT/MH: Funding for learning outcomes that combine research and teaching Funding for learning environments and outcomes growing out of culture change External constituency determines everything, but in a strictly hierarchical structure There used to be church support, but it now exists in name only with little financial consequence Church constituencies support institutions financially and in name, but with no real stake in outcomes Church constitutencies play a role in learning and definition of outcomes through contextualized practicuums and strategic planning Lines between church and academic institution and congregation are deeply messy and structured along the lines of Web 2.0 formats, they are interpenetrating and inter-dependent Academic guilds are irrelevant, except insofar as they offer occasions to highlight church teaching Academic guilds are the primary source of content, structure of methodology, run competitively and along lines of producing expertise Academic guilds continue to structure degree and course frameworks, but they are experiencing some contestation of knowlede from other communities Academic guilds are source of important networking and shared collaboration, but also only one of several producers of knowledge Academic guilds are only as relevant as their participation in learning cultures

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