Below please find the report prepared by the January Term Advisory Committee. If you have questions or comments, you can ask them below or submit them to the chair of JTAC, Rob Whitnell. JTAC report on January Term 2015 Although January Term 2016 will be the fourth year of a five-year pilot program, because of calendar …
Ad hoc Admission Committee Meeting September 21, 2015 8:30-9:30 a.m., Career Center, King 108 Attending: Steve Shapiro, professor of physics, Barb Boyette, assistant academic dean, Michael Dutch, professor of business management, Alfonso Abad Mancheno, associate professor of foreign languages, David Hildreth, professor of education studies, Kami Rowan, associate professor of music, Arlene Cash, vice president …
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Heather Hayton shared this article by Amit Mrig at Academic Impressions: Dear Small College President
Richie Zweigenhaft recommends this Inside Higher Ed article on an upcoming paper by Wake Forest business professor Douglas Beets studying BB&T’s grant program (which Guilford accepted) which requires the teaching of objectivist writer Ayn Rand’s work. Richie says: “I think some faculty and administrators might find this article, based on an article written by Douglas …
Minutes for Clerk’s Committee Meeting on 10/6/15 In attendance: Caleb Anderson (Traditional Student Representative), Dave Dobson (Clerk), Sarah Estow (Social Sciences and recorder for this meeting), Bill Grubbs (Business, Policy, and Sports Studies), Lisa McLeod (Humanities), Alex Ricks (CCE Student Representative), Beth Rushing (Vice President for Academic Affairs & Academic Dean), Kathryn Shields (Arts) Absent: …
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Below please find links to minutes for the Curriculum Committee meetings so far this fall. Curriculum Minutes 9_1_15 Curriculum Minutes 9_8_15 Curriculum Minutes 9_15-15 Curriculum Minutes 9_22_15 Curriculum Minutes 9_29_2015 Curriculum Minutes 10_6_15
Curriculum Committee Agenda October 20th, 2015 1. Gathering and Moment of Silence (3 minutes) 2. Review and Approval of Minutes from October 6th, 2015 (5 minutes) 3. Conclude Discussion/Approval of Public Policy & Administration major. (10 minutes) 4. Discussion/Approval of Norma’s Suggested Wording for Departmental Honors Work (5 minutes) 5. Discussion/Approval of Mark Justad’s Request for Permanent Course …
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda – Tuesday October 20, 2015 10:00 am 1. Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes 2. Approval of Minutes from September 6, 2015 – 2 minutes 3. For approval: Proposed ad hoc IRB Nominees (see e-mail) – 5 minutes 4. For review: SLRP charge; ten strategic priorities – 10 minutes …
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Please comment here about any issues relevant to the October 7 faculty meeting. You may post anonymously if you wish. Comments from cards left at the meeting: For the LAGER committee… You (Damon) mentioned that curriculum is rarely a generator of enrollment unless the curriculum is particularly distinctive. Does this comment indicate that the intent, to …
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[Note: The table presented here has been updated. See this post for updated numbers] Clerk’s Committee has recently been looking into our committees and other service roles filled by faculty. See this post for an analysis of our current committee and service picture. We’ve put together the table below from information from the Dean’s office …