Ernest L. Boyer was the innovator of the Boyer’s six principles for community. Ernest L. Boyer was the president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching until 1995 when he passed away. In 1990, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching started a study of community in relation to the college and university campuses which was entitled Campus life: In Search of Community. To achieve this task, the team conducted a year-long research which included visiting sites, taking surveys from college and university presidents and surveys from chief student officer affairs. On completion of this research, Ernest Boyer defined his 6 principles, known as Boyer’s six principles of community that would define the kind of community every university and college should strive towards becoming. (Peska)
厄内斯特L.博耶社区的博耶的六项原则的创新。厄内斯特。博耶是卡耐基基金会为提高教学总统直到1995去世时。1990，卡耐基基金会为提高教学开始的学院和大学校园的标题是校园生活的社区研究：在社区搜索。为了实现这一任务，球队进行了长达一年的研究，其中包括访问的网站，从大学校长和学生事务的首席官员调查调查。在本研究完成后，厄内斯特博耶将他的6个原则，被称为博耶的六项社区，社区大学的类定义和大学应努力成为。（peska）
