This paper describes research identifying how the scholarship of outreach, engagement, and service-learning (SOES-1) is recognized in promotion and tenure (P&T) decisions within the disciplines of engineering and technology (E&T). The research seeks to identify both the frequency and extent of how these forms of scholarship are used in P&T considerations at universities and colleges within the US. Social science models of SOES-1 do not seem to fit professional disciplines such as E&T. For E&T programs, the SOES-1 is of necessity focused on faculty's interaction with industry as well as traditional community partners needing a technology centric consult. Student involvement comes in the form of projects, either episodic or continuous with both communities. Currently, the axis of control for faculty reward systems are operationalized by the values placed on: 1. refereed journal publications 2. funded projects and grants that pay the federal overhead rate 3. outside evaluation of performance by respected academic peers. These traditional values have limited use of current trends in faculty leadership in SOES-1). What is needed is a new recognition of the scholarship of engineering that contrasts and values faculty's progressive proficiency levels and progressive skill-sets of professional performance in advancing the practice of engineering as compared to scientific research in engineering theory.
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