Article on perception of college quality and testing

Heather Hayton sent me a link to this story over the summer, and I thought it might be interesting for others to read.  I don’t agree with all of it, but some of the points are interesting. Click to read Americans Think We Have the Worlds Best Colleges. We Don’t.

Dedicated counselor in CCE

(from Cathie Witty)   The Center for Continuing Education (CCE) wants all Guilford faculty to be aware that the center has a dedicated counselor for adult students working to balance school with stressful life events such as loss and bereavement, stress, anxiety, medical issues, identifying learning disabilities, and any other emotional or behavioral issues that …

Clerk’s Committee Agenda, Friday September 5, 2014

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda                                                                  Friday September 5, 2014 2:30 pm Gathering and Moment of Silence, 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from August 29, 2014, 2 minutes Review of Faculty Meeting on September 3, 2014, 15 minutes Review and discussion of memo from preliminary General Education Curriculum summer meetings, 20 minutes Review of ongoing Clerk’s projects and business carried over …

Faculty Meeting comments – Wed. Sept 3

Please contribute any ideas you wish to the discussion by adding comments below.   UPDATE: Comments from notecards written during the meeting are below. All were anonymous.   A&T’s current QEP is critical thinking as a point of comparison, very broad and mostly the responsibility of the faculty. Something like wellness could be spread around more …

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda for 8-29-14

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Friday 8/29 2:30 pm Gathering and Moment of Silence, 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from May 6, 2014, 2 minutes Nomination of Tim Lindeman as Faculty Development Associate, 5 minutes Clarification of Faculty Handbook Section 5.240 on timing of study leaves, 10 minutes Is a spring-fall full-year leave allowed? Should it …

Opening Meeting Sustainability Presentation

  Below are the materials presented by Bronwyn Corry and David Petree on the college’s sustainability efforts.   Aug 19 2014 Sustainability Presentation Slides   Zero Waste Video   Guilford Farm Video  

Ideas for new revenue sources

Natalya Shelkova (Assistant Professor of Economics) sent me the following to links to ideas for increasing enrollment and revenue. – Center for Learning in Retirement (at Uconn): http://clir.uconn.edu/ – ChildCare Center for Adult Students at Lehman College at NYC (which can help with enrollment of adult students): http://www.lehman.edu/child-care-center/index.php#one

Moodle site coming; Wednesday schedule here

Hi, all – The faculty conference Moodle site for 2014-15 is coming but not yet set up. I’ve had several questions about calendar information and faculty meetings – the schedule for Wednesday events is in the document attached here, and they should be in the college official and Google calendars. 2014-15 FM FF FD Schedule