Hi, all – I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and I wanted to see if, before we get immersed in the details of curriculum revision, if there were some basic principles we could all agree on to guide us. I came up with a list of my own, informed by my experience in …
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Melissa Williams found this article on a Mellon foundation grant for implementing a new curriculum at Trinity University. We’re not at the implementation stage yet, but let’s keep this in mind. Their situation sounds like it could be similar to ours – a long time since the last revision, and an interesting new model to …
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The following documents constitute the final report for the ad hoc Curriculum Review committee which was created by the faculty in Fall 2014. The recommendations of the committee (formation of a curriculum revision committee to conduct a major revision of the general education curriculum over the next two years) were approved in faculty meeting on April 29, …
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Ad Hoc Admissions Committee Minutes 4-23-15 Present – Martee Holt, Steve Shapiro, Wenling Wang, Heather Hayton, Tom Guthrie, Barb Boyette, and Kami Rowan The committee worked to create an outline of a draft document for Clerk’s Committee. This document will both report on an assessment of our work thus far, and recommendations for future. This …
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Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Monday May 4, 2015 8:30 am 1. Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes 2. Approval of Minutes from April 6, 2015 – 2 minutes 3. Approval of Minutes from April 13 & 20, 2015 – 2 minutes 4. Review of Faculty Meeting April 29 – 10 minutes 5. For approval: Proposed extension of …
Clerk’s approved a minor policy change for honor code violations. Clerk’s felt this change did not need faculty meeting time for discussion. The policy has been posted to the Beacon for review as described in the handbook. If you have questions or wish to lodge a request for discussion of the policy change (within 30 …