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 …
There has been some talk recently about the salary proposal put forward by some employees at St. Mary’s College. Here’s a link to a summary of that proposal: St. Mary’s College Wage Proposal Their administrative structure, staffing levels, and budgets are obviously different from ours, and the ratio approach may not be feasible or appropriate for …
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 …
Clerks Meeting Minutes Final 3-2-15
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Monday March 23, 2015 8:30 am Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from March 9, 2015 – 2 minutes For discussion: Recent discourse on administrator compensation – 25 minutes For consideration: Request for called faculty meeting or forum March 25th – 15 minutes For discussion: Tentative …
[From Miriam Biber] Every year, the Alumni Relations Office hosts Home Cookin’, a potluck for the senior class with food made by the faculty, staff, and alumni. This year we are doing things a bit differently and need your help to make it happen. Along with your offerings of delicious food, we are asking you …
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 …
Heather Hayton sent along this link I thought I’d share. Some good, thoughtful, impassioned thinking on the liberal arts. Do Humans Still Need to Study the Humanities? By Kevin Reilly, Charles Steger, James Barker, and J. Bernard Machen
Anne Glenn suggested I post this link to a November 1997 News and Record article on Guilford’s financial crisis of that era. Here it is: Article from the previous millenium Eerily similar to our predicament today, which could be seen as good or bad. Bad, that we appear to be repeating (recycling?) the past, but good, …
(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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