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In this chapter, Blankenship draws from his own work as a graduate teaching assistant, non-tenure-track instructor, and tenure-track professor to propose using service work in assessment as a means for contingent faculty to establish a research agenda. Focusing on student learning as the ultimate goal of good assessment practices, he uses his own experiences to show readers how to get started with effective assessment strategies, how to create assessment-based research projects, and how to seek out productive collaborations.
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Blankenship, C., Bost, M. (2015). Opportunities in Assessment: Making Your Service Your Scholarship. In: Guglielmo, L., Gaillet, L.L. (eds) Contingent Faculty Publishing in Community: Case Studies for Successful Collaborations. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137491626_5
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