[From Beth Rushing] Beth Rushing highly recommends this article in Inside Higher Ed today. It describes a keynote speech given by Shaun Harper at the University of Pennsylvania at a recent AAUP conference and also other sessions at the meeting. Racial Literacy as a Professor’s Responsibility By Colleen Flaherty, June 20, 2016
Some questions have come up on how the proposed compensation policy might affect part-time, temporary, and non-tenure track faculty. Here’s what I think the situation is now: For part-time faculty, compensation is handled using the new compensation structure implemented by Beth last year. This is as follows: $4000 per four-credit course. $1250 per one-credit course. $2500 per two-credit …
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We had an informal meeting to discuss the proposals and environment for compensation at Guilford today. About twelve people came, including four from the compensation committee (all also on the faculty salary subcommittee). All were faculty except Christine Riley (compensation committee consultant) and Daniel Diaz (staff member of the compensation committee). We had a wide-ranging …
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LAGER Committee Summer Update On Saturday, June 4th, seven members of the LAGER Committee and Academic Dean Beth Rushing traveled to Boston University to attend the American Association of Colleges and Universities Institute on General Education and Assessment. During the five days of the institute, the team attended workshops with experts in the many …
The following notes are from Tim Kircher, faculty representative to the Board of Trustees. He will provide an in-person report at our next faculty meeting after the fall term opens. [pdf-embedder url=”http://moonrm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/BOT4June2016Notes.pdf”] Download here: Board of Trustees June Meeting Notes
Here’s an article about faculty at the University of Washington trying to work on a policy to address salary compression. We have salary compression at Guilford, to be sure, and we also have other issues, many of which are bigger and more pressing than theirs. One major parallel: I see writ large in UW’s proposed …
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Ad hoc Admission Committee Meeting May 9, 2016, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Bauman 210-C Attending: Steve Shapiro, professor of physics, Michael Dutch, professor of business management, David Hildreth, professor of education studies, Kami Rowan, associate professor of music, Garland Granger, associate professor of accounting, Holly Peterson, assistant professor of Geology, Arlene Cash, vice president for enrollment management, Erin …
The ad hoc Compensation Committee has been working to produce a formula for faculty compensation which I’ll be sharing with you over the next couple of days. We’ll be inviting participation and feedback as we head into next year, when we hope to implement a comprehensive policy with formulas and targets for faculty and staff salaries. …
[From Heather Hayton] A Washington Post blog post by Cecilia Gaposchkin on how the historical roots of liberal arts education makes it not just relevant but essential today. The article title isn’t really what it’s about, but it’s a good read. Why the tech world highly values a liberal arts degree