An interesting article from the Wall Street Journal that may change how you think about salaries and college majors. Also, what’s up with international relations? Wow. Good News Liberal-Arts Majors: Your Peers Probably Won’t Outearn You Forever by George Anders, September 11, 2016
Here’s an interesting article from Doug Webber, an economics professor at Temple, on the reasons for rising expenses and tuition at colleges and universities. It focuses on public institutions, and he sort of waves off private colleges at the end, but there are still a lot of relevant points, and private colleges must compete in …
[Link from Beth Rushing] An interesting article from Inside Higher Ed highlights an American Sociological Association report on the proper (and expanding) role of social media and public communication in promotion and tenure decisions. Tweeting Your Way to Tenure Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed, September 8, 2016
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Friday September 9, 2016 11:30 am 1. Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes 2. Approval of Minutes from 9/2 meeting – 2 minutes 3. Update on position requests and substitutions (list here) – 5 minutes 4. Replacement on Compensation Committee for Fall 2016 – 5 minutes 5. Promotion and Tenure revisions – 50 minutes (focus on the first two …
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One of the college’s core goals is to provide a welcoming educational home for a diverse student body. Another is to combat oppression and racism. To those ends, it would be helpful for us to hire faculty who share those goals of anti-racism and anti-oppression, and also one that more closely resembles our diverse student body. As we begin what …
Please add any comments or questions about the faculty meeting on 8/31 here. There was one comment card left in the comment box. It said: Meetings should start and end on time. Quite inconsiderate. We ended a few minutes later than the agenda, and for that I’m sorry. Also, because of a PowerPoint issue, I …
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Friday September 2, 2016 11:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from 8/26 meeting – 2 minutes Update on position requests and substitutions (list here) – 10 minutes Request for forum/meeting time from Compensation committee – 5 minutes For discussion: Approaches to improving faculty diversity …
Beth Rushing sent out a link to this article, and I thought I’d link to it here. Some interesting information on how faculty need to move towards consciousness of effective teaching methods and mentorship for diverse students and away from the “color blindness” model that many think is good enough. The Next Equity Challenge by Estela …
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes Thursday August 18, 2016 1:00 pm Attending: Dave Dobson (recording), Sherry Giles, Alfonso Abad-Mancheño, Beth Rushing, Eva Lawrence, Jeff Ray, Don Smith, Gwen Erickson, Kathryn Shields New Committees Google Drive Account The committee discussed the new Google Drive-based system being worked out for recording committee meeting agendas and minutes Requests from …
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Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Friday August 26, 2016 11:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from 8/18 meeting 2 minutes For approval: Marketing Minor 10 minutes For approval: QEP – Speak Up! 5 minutes For approval: Revisions to Tenure and Promotion process 40 minutes Review of August 31 Faculty …
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