JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION THEORY AND PRACTICE

Revisiting the Mission of the Business School Through

Scholarship of Engagement

Author(s): Thomas Cooper, Michael Skipton

Citation: Thomas Cooper, Michael Skipton, (2013) "Revisiting the Mission of the Business School Through Scholarship of Engagement," Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Vol. 13, Iss. 3/4, pp. 57 - 71

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

The research imperative may be combining with accreditation standards, market forces, and with

business schools’ traditional employment practices for faculty members to drive schools generally to

become less relevant to their local stakeholder real-worlds. We explore the concept of the Scholarship of

Engagement and argue that it can help bridge the relevance gap between university business schools and

their local stakeholder communities – as well as making faculty members and their research and teaching

more relevant. Building local stakeholder connections through Scholarship of Engagement is described

as a way forward for relevance and mission-related business school strategy.