Academic Futures
- You might have noticed when we recently announced the composition of the interdisciplinarity committee, we neglected to include arts and humanities faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences. This was an oversight.
- Interim Dean Jim White today announced the composition of the committee, which will explore what the campus needs to effectively embrace interdisciplinarity in both education and scholarship.
- Dean Robert McDonald has announced the composition of the Online Strategy Working Group, commissioned to develop a roadmap integrating recommendations from Academic Futures and Financial Futures.
- Katherine Eggert has announced the campus will establish a Center for Teaching and Learning and named Ambrose the director.
- With the semester well underway, progress is being made on the various projects set forth in the Academic Futures report.
- Dean of Libraries Robert McDonald will appoint a new faculty-led working group to take on the project: Teaching and Technology, Online and Distance Learning, recommended by the Academic Futures Committee.
- What鈥檚 happening with our strategic initiatives? Academic Futures is calling for committee nominations and Financial Futures is seeking campus community input, plus more.
- The Academic Futures initiative has successfully moved from last year鈥檚 campus visioning stage into the implementation stage鈥攊n other words, from the 鈥渨hat鈥 to the 鈥渉ow.鈥
- Provost Russ Moore and Senior Vice Chancellor Kelly Fox today announced a path forward to implement the campus's Academic Futures lead priorities, as well as聽the first steps for further defining the fourth priority.
- The next key steps in transforming 彩民宝典 for the future will be immersing campus in a common student-centered approach to learning and committing to new levels of interdisciplinary work.