Scholarship of Engagement Measuring the Impacts of Academic Programs

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Scholarship of EngagementMeasuring the Impacts
of Academic Programs

• Dr. Kevin T McNamara

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General Criteria for Promotion

• The tasks of University faculty members are to
  acquire, discover, appraise, and disseminate
  knowledge. They should communicate this
  knowledge and the manner of its acquisition or
  discovery Purdue University values creative
  endeavor, research, and scholarship teaching and
  learning in its many forms and engagement in its
  many forms, including extension and outreach for
  example. To be considered for promotion, a
  faculty member should have demonstrated
  excellence and scholarly productivity in at least
  one of these areas. Ordinarily, strength should
  be manifest in more than one of these areas.

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General Criteria for Promotion

• demonstrated excellence and scholarly
  productivity

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• Discovery
• Engagement
• Learning

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Research

• Research with Engagement
• Extending the value of research to
• various audiences

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Nelson Philip (Food Science)

• Developed aseptic bulk storage/distribution
  systems
• Research Recognition
• Peer reviewed research publications
• International Recognition with World Food Prize
• Licensing technology to industry
• Economic Impacts
• Product licensingrevenue to Purdue
• Tropicana juice sales to Europejobs in Florida
• Indiana tomato canning industryjobs in Indiana

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Gebisa Ejita (Agronomy)

• Developed parasite resistant sorghum varieties
  that increase yields up to 400
• Research Recognition
• Peer reviewed research publications
• International Recognition with World Food Prize
• International Centers/national extension delivery
  programs
• Economic Impacts
• Farm household income
• Improved Human nutrition with associated
  benefits

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Philip Low (Biochemistry)

• Created a homing device for drug delivery to
  prostate cancer
• Research Recognition
• Peer reviewed research publications
• Applications
• Improves detection
• Improved efficacy of cancer treatment through
  targeting cancerous cells and no other
  cells
• Reduces side-effects from treatment
• Economic Impacts
• Medical device manufacturing--jobs
• Efficiency in other cancer researchresearch cost
  savings
• Improve human healthearnings/income
• Reduced employee sick leaveindustry cost savings

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Other Research with clear economic impacts

• Micro-electrical Mechanical Systems that filter
  frequencies creating clearer signals in cell
  phones, etc
• Jeffrey Rhodes, Purdue University
• FlexLaw case retrieval system
• Joseph Smith, University of British Columbia
• Barn design-comfortable cows produce more milk
• Marcia Endres, University of Minnesota
• Odysseymillimeter accurate 3D measurement system
  for surveying
• Yuan Beliveau and Timothy Pratt, Virginia Tech

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Other work that can be used for tenure endorsement

• Axial Injection Plasma Torch
• Douglas Ross, University of British Columbia
• Polymeric Keytoneused in jet airplane skin
• Harry Gibson, Virginia Tech
• Boinebulizerbreaks open cells and cuts DNA with
  great speed and precision
• Stefan Surzycki, Robert Togaski, and Masahiko
  Kitayama, Indiana University

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Engagement

• Engagement with Applied Research

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Debra Markley (Agricultural Economics)

• Evaluation of Business Incubator as An Engine of
  Local Development
• Case study incubator assessment
• Factors influencing firm success
• Structure and investment strategy
• Scholarship
• Peer reviewed publications
• Economic Impacts
• Incubator investmentsjob creation, government
  revenue
• Successful small business startsjob creation,
  government revenue

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"Local Economic and State Fiscal Impacts of
Business Incubators"
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Kevin McNamara (Agricultural Economics)

• Measuring Factors that Influence Manufacturing
  Investment Flows
• State/Local government planning
• Factors influencing firm success
• Economic development investment strategy
• Economic Impacts
• State/local fiscal policy, revenue
• Manufacturing growth
• Job growth

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"Assessing Local Industrial Development Potential"
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Table Recreated From McNamara, Kevin T. and
Warren Kriesel. "Assessing Local Industrial
Development Potential. Journal of the Community
Development Society, 24(1)61-71, 1993.
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Learning

• Learning and Economic Impacts
• The value of education

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The Economic Value of Education
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Measuring Economic Impact of Discovery,
Engagement and Learning
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Measurement of economic impact
Income, employment, tax revenue, cost savings,
sales, efficiency, health, quality of life, etc.
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Measurement of economic impact
Simple, Direct, Realistic
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Measuring Economic Impact of Discovery,
Engagement and Learning Program in Sample
Promotion Document
Learning Discovery Engagement
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Learning

• Job placementgraduate students
• Job market benefit of specific courses

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Discovery

• Economic Impact of Application of Research
  Findings
• Mental and Physical Health
• More effective social service delivery
• More efficient justice system

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Engagement

• Value of Grant Funded Programs to Community
• Crime reductioncost savings to community
• Local quality of life
• Effectiveness of Board Based Community
  Involvement
• Social service, justice system efficiency

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Importance/Value of Professional Program

• But for,
• Value of program application
• Benefits to various audiences, groups