Final LAGER Committee Minutes 9/8/16 Present: Kyle(chair), Damon, Melanie, Stephanie, Lavon, Drew (recording) Minutes from 9/1/16 approved with minor edits Kyle will reach out to both student governments about student representation on the committee Dave Dobson – faculty meeting joined the meeting Clerk’s committee planning on LAGER speaking at Sept. 28 faculty meeting …
Final LAGER Minutes 9/1/16 Present: Kyle(chair), Suzanne, Melanie, Stephanie, Damon, Lavon, Damon, Drew (recording) Minutes from 8-25-16 were approved with minor edits Clerk of faculty will join LAGER at 9:45pm on 9-8-16 Meeting will begin at 9:30am Debrief from 8-31-16 community meetings Committee needs a unified description of the curriculum Consider further developing …
Final LAGER Committee Minutes 8-25-16 Present: Kyle (chair), Suzanne, Melanie, Drew (recording), Damon, Lavon Meeting opened at 10:10am with a moment of silence Discussion of feedback from opening community meeting Feedback was minimal New points of discussion Quantitative Literacy Not a part of the current catalog language How to visualize integrated QL …
I did the following analysis while talking with Beth about our fall calendar, and I thought it might be interesting to share. This is the number of courses by time slot for fall 2016: Some notes: All courses listed with times are counted regardless of credits. That means labs are included. For courses that overlap …
From the University of Arizona Commission on the Status of Women: Avoiding Gender Bias in Reference Writing [link from Vance Ricks, who points out this is not only applicable to student recommendations but also to letters for colleagues]
An interesting article challenging assumptions in higher education hiring, by Marybeth Gasman, Penn State Professor of Education. The five things no one will tell you about why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color [link from Don Smith]
Guilford College Clerk’s Committee Meeting Friday, September 9, 2016 11:30 a.m. Attending were Alfonso Abad Mancheno, Dave Dobson, Beth Rushing, Kathryn Shields, Don Smith, and Eva Lawrence (minute taker). Absent were Sherry Giles, Gwen Gosney Erickson, and Jeffrey Ray. Minutes from 9/2 were approved with minor revisions. Position requests There are many departments who plan …
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Friday, September 2, 2016 11:30 a.m. The committee gathered with Dave Dobson, Beth Rushing, Alfonso Abad Mancheno, Sherry Giles, Eva Lawrence, Kathryn Shields, Don Smith, and Gwen Gosney Erickson. Jeffrey Ray was not present. Minutes from the August 18 meeting were approved with minor corrections. Gathering and Moment of Silence 3 minutes …
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Friday September 9, 2016 11:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from 9/9 meeting – 2 minutes Update on Compensation Committee for Fall 2016 – 2 minutes Planning for study leave requests – 3 minutes Planning for position requests – 5 minutes Setting up Committee …
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An interesting article from the Wall Street Journal that may change how you think about salaries and college majors. Also, what’s up with international relations? Wow. Good News Liberal-Arts Majors: Your Peers Probably Won’t Outearn You Forever by George Anders, September 11, 2016