Kyle and Adrienne have both recommended the following book as an useful guide to curriculum revision. Based on many years experience in workshops on curriculum change and research into curriculum revision efforts, the authors describe 50 potholes many institutions hit on the road to curriculum reform. Here’s the link: Revising General Education and Avoiding the Potholes: A Guide …
Today’s faculty development workshop was the first of a two-part series on designing learning spaces. The guest speaker was from Steelcase, who have done some interesting research on innovative classroom and education space design. They’ve also advised Hege Library during its strategic redesign process, some of which is already implemented and in place. If you …
(From Drew Hays) Here are minutes from the Curriculum Committee meeting on September 9th, 2014. This included approval of the Biotechnology major proposal and forwarding it to Clerk’s Committee. Curriculum Committee Minutes September 9 2014
Full minutes are in the document here: Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes 9-12 Approved A summary is below: The meeting opens with a moment of silence. CC approved edited Minutes from September 5, 2014. Assignment of Clerk’s liaisons to standing and ad hoc committees: CC approved the revision to Sec. 1.402 of Faculty Handbook (Assessment Committee) …
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(From Zhihong Chen) Attached are the minutes from our faculty meeting of September 3, 2014. They are also available on the faculty conference Moodle site. If you have suggestions for changes or additions, please forward them to Dave Dobson, Clerk, and Zhihong Chen, Recording Clerk. Faculty Meeting Minutes 9-3-2014
Jane asked me to inform the community that, following the October trustee meetings, she will present budget information and strategies to the community at two sessions on Wednesday, October 22. One session will be at 8:30 a.m. in Bryan Auditorium in Frank, and the other will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Moon Room in …
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This is an information sheet for resources and reporting procedures for sexual misconduct. It would be useful for anyone at Guilford to read. In addition to their other responsibilities in handling an incident, Guilford employees should provide a copy of this sheet to people who report an incident to them. Sexual Misconduct Incident Resources and Procedures More …
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Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Friday September 19, 2014 2:30 pm Gathering and Moment of Silence 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from September 12, 2014 2 minutes For review: Faculty Meeting Minutes, September 3 2014 5 minutes For approval: Revision to Sec. 1.415 of Faculty Handbook (Nominating Committee) 10 minutes (Document carried forward from 2013-14; revised …
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Here are the minutes from the Clerk’s Committee meeting of September 5. Clerks Committee Meeting Minutes September 5 Approved
During a recent Budget Committee meeting, we discussed the delicate balance between enrollment, institutional financial aid, and net revenue. Inspired by this discussion, I explored the data in our Guilford Factbook put out by the Institutional Research department, and I came up with the following graph which might be helpful in understanding some of our current financial issues. …
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