Making the Case for Professional Service

Ernest A. Lynton has long and consistently advocated for greater attention to professional service. He is a Commonwealth Professor and senior associate of the New England Resource Centre for Higher Education of the University of Massachusetts at Boston. His work on this monograph was supported by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

• Foreword, Making the Case for "Making the Case", A Renewed Need for an Old Tradition , Institutional Benefits, What Is Professional Service? Professional Service as a Scholarly Activity, Making the Case: Five Case Studies: A project in the practice of public history; Geological field study guides; Ethics instruction in police academies; Improving a chemical manufacturing process; Assessment of an English language program for immigrants. Assessing the Case, An Action Agenda: Ten Questions for Departmental Discussion, A Final Word