October 18
Linguistics (7 people)
Intro to A&S Strategic Planning Process by David Brown
- History of A&S process
- Work of committee to date鈥攄raft vision statement
- Schedule for committee鈥檚 work
Intro by Jeff Cox
- Intro on teaching and reaching visioning
- Laying out of fall work
- Role of Committee and Report
Comment:聽 Allocation of SCH to departments militates against team teaching which is a wonderful opportunity for the exchange of ideas and for our students.
Comment:聽 Need course releases to develop new kinds of courses.
Comment:聽 Institutes (ICS in particular) are great locations for interdisciplinary education
Comment:聽 Collaboration takes time.
Comment:聽 We need to heal the divisions between departments and institutes.
Comment:聽 Institute research faculty should be allowed to do more teaching
Comment:聽 We need to consider the role of centers in interdisciplinary work.
Comment:聽 We need to look at certificates in interdisciplinary education.
Comment:聽 There needs to be funding to support grass roots interdisciplinary education initiatives
Comment:聽 The process for getting innovative degrees through faculty curriculum committees is too cumbersome.
Comment:聽 Solve the problems for interdisciplinary PhDs; we need a template for interdisciplinary PhDs.