Monthly Archives: November 2010

Queen’s News Centre: Senate task force to finalize academic plan (29 November 2010)

As posted in Queen’s News Centre, 29 November 2010: Highlights from the November 25 meeting of Senate. Senate has struck a task force to develop an academic plan for Queen’s.

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Two Motions for the Drafting of the Academic Plan, as amended (25 Nov. 2010)

These are the motions that created the Academic Planning Task Force (APTF). For the unamended motions, see 11 November. The motions are presented here as amended on the floor of Senate, as recounted in the Senate minutes for 25 November … Continue reading

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Open Letter: Frank Burke to Principal Woolf and Dr. Susan Cole (17 November 2010)

17 November 2010 Dear Principal Woolf and Dr. Cole, I am writing in conjunction with [several] colleagues’ correspondence regarding the importance of teaching writing at Queen’s. I believe that there should not only be open debate within the academic planning … Continue reading

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CHE: The Shadow Scholar (12 November 2010)

The man who writes your students’ papers tells his story By Ed Dante [pseudonym], Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle Review, 12 November 2010. See http://chronicle.com/article/The-Shadow-Scholar/125329/

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QSFC blog: Two Motions for the Drafting of the Academic Plan (11 Nov. 2010)

As filed with the University Secretariat and posted on the Queen’s Senate Faculty Caucus blog, 11 November 2010: 1st Motion: Given that Queen’s is about to embark on drafting its academic plan; Given that this is part of a process … Continue reading

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Open Letter: Twenty-two Professors of English to Principal Woolf and Dr. Susan Cole (5 November 2010)

5 November 2010 Dear Principal Woolf and Dr. Cole: Queen’s is poised to begin writing an academic plan that will, in the words of the Principal, “set the course for Queen’s for the next decade or more.” [1] As professors … Continue reading

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Open Letter: Laura Murray to Principal Woolf and Dr. Susan Cole (2 November 2010)

2 November 2010 Daniel Woolf, Principal and Susan Cole, Chair of SCAD Queen’s University Dear Drs. Woolf and Cole, As a former Undergraduate Chair of the English Department (2007-2010), and a current instructor of our brand new first year course, … Continue reading

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