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Ad Hoc Committee for Curriculum Review Agenda for Friday, March 6

by Dave DobsonCurriculum Design, Curriculum Review Committee, Curriculum Revision March 4, 2015Comments are Disabled

(submitted by Jim Hood) Ad Hoc General Education Curriculum Review Committee Friday, March 6 1:00 p.m. Study Abroad/Career Development Conference Room, King Hall Agenda 1. Moment of silence 2. Appoint note-taker for this meeting 3. Discussion and approval of proposed faculty survey and student survey re: effectiveness of current general education program 4. Discuss key …

Sweet Briar’s woes

by Dave DobsonCollege Finances, Other Colleges March 4, 20152 Comments

Many of you have probably heard that a relatively nearby small liberal arts college, Sweet Briar College, is closing after this year due to declining enrollments and financial problems. If you want a summary, see this article from Inside Higher Ed. This is clearly a drastic solution to this kind of problems, especially as they …

Article on challenges faced by small colleges

by Dave DobsonCollege Finances, New Ideas, Other Colleges March 2, 2015Comments are Disabled

Shared by Todd Clark to the cabinet, and I thought it would of interest to faculty. An article in the Chronicle about challenges faced by small colleges, and some of the strategies they’re using to adapt. Survival at Stake, by Lawrence Biemiller, March 2 2015 Chronicle of Higher Education If this link expires, I’ve got …

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes for February 23, 2015

by Dave DobsonClerk's Committee March 2, 2015Comments are Disabled

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes February 23, 2015 Dean’s Conference Room Attending: Zhihong Chen (Recording Clerk), Dave Dobson (Clerk), Sherry Giles (Business & Policy, and Sports Studies), Edwins Gwako (Social Sciences), Adrienne Israel (Vice President for Academic Affairs & Academic Dean), Tim Lindeman (Arts), Lisa McLeod (Humanities), Steve Shapiro (Natural Sciences & Mathematics) Not attending: Jeffrey …

Article on Budget Cutting at Wooster

by Dave DobsonCollege Finances, New Ideas, Other Colleges March 1, 20152 Comments

An interesting article on a budget cutting process at a college of similar size and scope to ours. Sounds like a very open process. They had the benefit of not being in crisis while they did it, which is unfortunately not our situation. Click below to read: How One Campus United Behind a Budget-Cutting Effort by …

Agenda for Ad Hoc Curriculum Review Committee, Friday February 27

by Dave DobsonCurriculum Review Committee February 28, 2015Comments are Disabled

Ad Hoc General Education Curriculum Review Committee Friday, February 27 1:30 p.m. Study Abroad/Career Development Conference Room, King Hall Agenda 1. Moment of silence 2. Report from attenders of AAC&U conference on general education review/revision—Drew Hays, Damon Akins, Michele Malotky 3. Update on proposed faculty survey 4. Choose a chair 5. Semester meeting schedule 6. …

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes, February 16, 2015

by Dave DobsonClerk's Committee February 27, 2015Comments are Disabled

Clerk’s Committee Minutes – February 16, 2015 8:30 AM Minutes taken by Edwins Gwako Present: Adrienne Israel (Vice President and Academic Dean), Zhihong Chen (Recording Clerk), Dave Dobson (Clerk), Edwins Gwako (Social Sciences), Tim Lindeman (Arts), Lisa McLeod (Humanities), Jeffrey Ray (SGA Representative), Steven Shapiro (Natural Sciences & Mathematics). Not present: Sherry Giles (BP&SS), Colin …

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda for Monday, March 2, 2015

by Dave DobsonClerk's Committee February 27, 2015Comments are Disabled

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Monday March 2, 2015 8:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from February 23, 2015 – 2 minutes For Approval: Final agenda for Faculty Meeting March 5 – 15 minutes Nominating Committee Proposed Slate Nominating Committee nominations needed Jane’s report from Board of Trustees meeting …

Clerk’s Committee Agenda for February 23, 2015, 8:30am

by Dave DobsonClerk's Committee February 22, 2015Comments are Disabled

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda – Monday February 23, 2015 8:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from February 16, 2015 – 2 minutes Discussion: Forum topic for February 25, 2015 – 10 minutes NSSE and retention? JTAC? Something else? Request: Curriculum Committee – GELOs syllabus policy – 10 minutes …

Information and resources for Digital Humanities

by Dave DobsonFaculty Development, Faculty Support, New Ideas February 19, 2015Comments are Disabled

The Davidson professors who led the faculty development workshop on February 18th have made their materials available to us here: Workshop Slides The library has a detailed Digital Humanities site up and running here: Digital Humanities at Guilford