There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment.
Researchers are advised that express written permission to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion or extract from this collection must be obtained from the University Library. Although Roger Williams University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Faculty Research, UA 2009.001, Roger Williams University.
Roger Williams University is committed to an environment in which research and creativity are integrally related to quality teaching at all levels. The University provides significant resources and administrative support to create active research programs. Collection includes reports on faculty research.
The collection is arranged in 2 series:
Deposited in the archives by the Provost's Office and Office of Academic Affairs.
Narrative reports of accomplishments during the sabbatical leave.
The purpose of the Foundation is to encourage and support the efforts of faculty MBUs in the wide variety of different kinds of scholarly activities generally recognized in undergraduate-focused universities and articulated in Scholarship Reconsidered and the subsequent expansion of Ernest Boyer’s work supported by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. RWU notes that Boyer articulated the importance of the Scholarship of Teaching in promoting excellence in the classroom as a key concern in the context of the university’s mission.
The purpose of Research Foundation Grants is to encourage and support the scholarly research efforts of MBUs.