At the September faculty meeting, under the guidance of Wess Daniels, we came up with lists of ideas for things that have been helpful and for things that would be helpful. That list is in the accompanying photo, but here it is in text form slightly expanded. What has been helpful? Having the “For Discussion” category …
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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At our faculty meeting on April 1, the faculty approved the following two statements with regard to salaries and compensation at Guilford. 1) We call for the college to create a committee that will establish and implement a principled and just salary policy that would allow living wages for all employees, an equitable and fair …
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I’ve heard from several places on campus that we shouldn’t be comparing faculty salaries to AAUP IIB when we look at percentiles for faculty salaries. I think that’s a perfectly reasonable question to raise, although I’m not sure I agree. We want to compare ourselves to institutions like ours when we try to figure out where we are. …
I received the following as an anonymous hand-written note in my campus mail. I think it is in response to our March 4th faculty meeting. The author requested that it be posted to the Moon Room. Have you ever witnessed a sudden eruption of violence? I have, and it is so interesting to see …
Rob Whitnell shared this link to a blog post by Swarthmore history professor Timothy Burke, which has some interesting links to articles about Sweet Briar’s closing along with his own analysis. Rob also suggested that this article on the Metropolitan Opera is a potentially apt analogy to our situation. Interesting reading. Trading salary for access to …
Susan Ikenberry from our Institutional Research office sent me the following report on our CIRP student survey data. Some of this was reported in our Faculty Forum earlier this semester. Very interesting information. CIRP Narrative Items Susan suggested that answers to the following questions can be found herein: Incoming Students Intended Majors vs Actual Majors they graduate in 4 …
(The following is from Natalya Shelkova, chair of Benefits Committee. She solicits community feedback on the proposal.) Following up on the initiative that began last academic year (community forum on parental leave, the survey on parental leave), the Benefits Committee has put together a proposal which, if approved, would modify the existing parental/family leave policies …
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Hi, all – I thought I’d follow up my e-mail last night with information from the meetings I attended with the search consultant, Tom Courtice. First, I have a complete list of the people he met with now. He met with Jane, Kathy Adams, Adrienne, me and Rob Whitnell, Bob Jones (the chair of the …
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