Advocating the Liberal Arts
From former faculty member Heather Mitchell-Buck: A 21st-Century Education
A College Without Classes
What we’re up against: A College Without Classes, July 31, 2015, in The Atlantic, by Alana Samuels. Link from Heather Hayton
Article on College Rankings
Heather Hayton shared this article on the troublesome nature of college rankings, by Ryan Craig at Forbes: College Rankings No Longer Rank
Small group meeting with VP for Marketing Candidate
One faculty member requested that I share the list of folks who will be meeting Monday with the candidate for the VP for Marketing position. Here they are: Anne Glenn Darryl Samsell Kami Rowan Lavon Williams Mark Justad Rachel Riskind Vance Ricks Julie Winterich Dave Dobson Julie and I were specifically requested by Joyce, with …
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Ground Rules for Curriculum Revision Discussion
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 …
Interesting article on technology and education
Link credit to Heather Hayton: Why Technology Will Never Fix Education
Grant opportunities for curriculum implementation
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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Final Report from Ad Hoc Committee For Curriculum Review
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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Minutes from Ad Hoc Admissions Committee, April 23, 2015
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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Agenda for Clerk’s Committee, Monday May 4th
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 …