Academic Organization, Structure and Rewards

The CU Arts Consortium (Coleman)

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:36:49 +0000

The CU Arts Consortium (Coleman) Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/06/2018 - 11:36

The author proposes creating an integrated and horizontal arts consortium whose mission would be to provide multiple platforms to inform interested students, faculty, and the public as to what is happening on campus, not only in terms of speakers, performances, presentations, and exhibitions, but also classes and collaboration opportunities.

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Create GROP: Funding Opportunity Program for Graduate �鶹��Ժ in the Arts (Coleman)

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:34:29 +0000

Create GROP: Funding Opportunity Program for Graduate �鶹��Ժ in the Arts (Coleman) Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/06/2018 - 11:34

The author proposes creating a Graduate Student Opportunity Program (GROP), modeled upon the university’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), that would provide funding for graduate students in the arts and that would improve the quality of graduate work, enhance recruiting of graduate students and increase employment opportunities for graduate students after they complete their degrees.

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White Paper from AHUM ad hoc committee on Academic Futures (Ad hoc committee of Arts and Humanities chairs and directors within A&S)

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:30:04 +0000

White Paper from AHUM ad hoc committee on Academic Futures (Ad hoc committee of Arts and Humanities chairs and directors within A&S) Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 02/06/2018 - 11:30

The authors propose a series of recommendations in the areas of economic, curricular, and visionary support to transform existing programs in Historical Studies, Creative Work and Performance, Languages and Cultures, Literary Study, Visual Media and Visual Literacy, Philosophical and Critical Study, and Integrated Programs of study into programs of study that build upon and extend our current disciplinary structure and that would give interdisciplinarity a coherent, academic goal.

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Professional Graduate Degree Programs at CU Boulder: Lessons from the Masters of the Environment Program (MENV staff)

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:12:57 +0000

Professional Graduate Degree Programs at CU Boulder: Lessons from the Masters of the Environment Program (MENV staff) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 13:12

The authors call for further development of professional graduate programs at CU Boulder. Hiring trends for graduate students of all varieties, in combination with the
need for new revenue flows to the campus, indicate that a concerted and increased focus on professional graduate programs is warranted.

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Roster Institute and Museum faculty into the tenure departmental homes (Bowers)

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:58:56 +0000

Roster Institute and Museum faculty into the tenure departmental homes (Bowers) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 09:58

The author suggests that institute faculty should be rostered into their “cognate department homes” along with adjustments of salaries of institute and A&S faculty along more equitable lines and a series of other standardizations and measures to promote equity between the two faculties.

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A call for envisioning robust and welcoming interdisciplinary structures (Hulden, et al)

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:54:58 +0000

A call for envisioning robust and welcoming interdisciplinary structures (Hulden, et al) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 09:54

The authors call for a formal conversation on how to best create a structure or set of structures that dismantle existing barriers to interdisciplinary work in the broadest sense.

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The authors call for a formal conversation on how to best create a structure or set of structures that dismantle existing barriers to interdisciplinary work in the broadest sense.

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Return Atlas to the �鶹��Ժ; They Paid for It (Acevedo-Munoz)

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:43:32 +0000

Return Atlas to the �鶹��Ժ; They Paid for It (Acevedo-Munoz) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/25/2018 - 09:43

The author argues that the ATLAS institute should be returned to its status as a student-centered resource given that students funded the complex that houses the institute.

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The author argues that the ATLAS institute should be returned to its status as a student-centered resource given that students funded the complex that houses the institute.

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Proposal for Graduate-Level Interdisciplinary Degree Programs (Department of Linguistics)

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:45:43 +0000

Proposal for Graduate-Level Interdisciplinary Degree Programs (Department of Linguistics) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 01/18/2018 - 10:45

The authors offer suggestions on how to overcome what they view to be the greatest challenges to working across disciplinary boundaries at CU Boulder in the areas of teaching, curriculum, and research.

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Fostering CU’s Global Prominence in Geosciences by Improving Department Support and Strengthening Department-Institute-Museum Relationships (Flowers, Ge, Abbott, et al.)

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:58:42 +0000

Fostering CU’s Global Prominence in Geosciences by Improving Department Support and Strengthening Department-Institute-Museum Relationships (Flowers, Ge, Abbott, et al.) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/17/2018 - 11:58

The authors outline opportunities both to enhance unified strategic planning efforts and reduce real and perceived inequities in resources and opportunities available to Geosciences department faculty.

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Alternatives to the Student Credit Hour (Goodman)

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:45:04 +0000

Alternatives to the Student Credit Hour (Goodman) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/17/2018 - 11:45

The author proposes a system that can supplement if not replace the SCH as an index of a given unit’s value through such means as rewarding the outreach capacity and impact of academic units and rewarding the extent to which the unit engages in interdisciplinary work that is of use to multiple units across campus.

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