Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Friday 8/29 2:30 pm Gathering and Moment of Silence, 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from May 6, 2014, 2 minutes Nomination of Tim Lindeman as Faculty Development Associate, 5 minutes Clarification of Faculty Handbook Section 5.240 on timing of study leaves, 10 minutes Is a spring-fall full-year leave allowed? Should it …
Yesterday’s article in the Chronicle on a proposal at St. Mary’s College to link salaries throughout the college to one another raises many issues that have come before our community in recent years. The rise of executive pay in higher education has been well-documented and the struggles to address income inequality and its threat to …
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A study of an approach at addressing grade inflation has been getting quite a bit of news of late. Wellesley College seems to have achieved what they set out to do: bring down the college’s overall GPA and better align the use of certain grades between departments on campus. While grade inflation certainly does not …
Here is the presentation made by Ellie Yearns at the opening community meeting. Crowdfunding Initiative
Below are the materials presented by Bronwyn Corry and David Petree on the college’s sustainability efforts. Aug 19 2014 Sustainability Presentation Slides Zero Waste Video Guilford Farm Video
Natalya Shelkova (Assistant Professor of Economics) sent me the following to links to ideas for increasing enrollment and revenue. – Center for Learning in Retirement (at Uconn): http://clir.uconn.edu/ – ChildCare Center for Adult Students at Lehman College at NYC (which can help with enrollment of adult students): http://www.lehman.edu/child-care-center/index.php#one
Hi, all – The faculty conference Moodle site for 2014-15 is coming but not yet set up. I’ve had several questions about calendar information and faculty meetings – the schedule for Wednesday events is in the document attached here, and they should be in the college official and Google calendars. 2014-15 FM FF FD Schedule
Attached please find the agenda for the opening community meeting, Tuesday afternoon at New Garden Friends Meeting Hall, across from the college on New Garden Road. The meeting begins at 2pm, and the annual community picnic will follow at 5pm. Guilford College Community Meeting Agenda 2014 Final