Strategic Plan 2013 - Objective 4

As a Christian community of learners, we will seek broad influence through the discovery and application of knowledge and through the beauty and joy of creative work.

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4.A. We will be a vital source of collaborative scholarship, relating faith to issues of current and lasting importance in our world.

4.A.1. We will support interdisciplinary, collaborative research.

4.A.2. We will support undergraduate research throughout the curriculum.

4.A.3. We will support faculty involvement in external scholarly networks.

4.A.4. We will continue to support centers and institutes as a primary strategy for institutionalizing collaborative, strategic scholarly work.

4.B. We will seek a greater public voice and wider sphere of influence through our scholarship.

4.B.1. Institutes and centers will explore and undertake collaborative work in order to strategically influence public scholarship and make Calvin College known as an excellent source of Christian thought.

4.B.2. We will encourage faculty members to engage in the role of public intellectual and will provide support and recognition for this work.

4.B.3. We will explore alternate forms of communicating the work of the faculty and staff of the college.

4.C. We will honor diverse forms of faculty scholarship and encourage academic departments to support them.

4.C.1. Throughout the hiring and reappointment process, academic departments will be encouraged to think broadly and strategically about how to encourage and evaluate a variety of scholarly career models.