Ernest Boyer is a distinguished scholar and teacher. I can think of no better person to address this timely issue. His current work, Scholarship Reconsidered, addresses the renewed attention being paid to undergraduate education by focusing on the priority assigned to teaching at colleges and universities. He observes that, for the most part, the current reward system favors research and publication and that some critics are calling for a better balance within the system. Boyer argues that the problem is not simply one of balance among rewards for teaching, research and service, but one of acknowledging the common ground of scholarship that is the foundation of all faculty work.
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