How are changes in publication affecting the way universities handle tenure & promotion? Should the Humanities consider new models for publication and tenure beyond the traditional print monograph? How do we balance the need to assess quality with the opportunities available for digital scholarship?
Inside Higher Ed recently posted an article about the issue of including digital publications in tenure reviews. It states that:
MLA and HASTAC (as the humanities consortium is known, with the acronym pronounced “haystack”) are preparing guides (in the form of a wiki, an early version of which may be found here, but which will move to the MLA site) that will offer guidance for departments on approaches used by various colleges to evaluate digital scholarship, resources available to scholars wanting to get a take on some project, and policies that could be adopted to assure the fair treatment of those coming up for tenure.
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