Monthly Archives: March 2012

OCUFA, Analysis of the 2012 Ontario Budget (30 March 2012)

Posted on 30 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed by the Ontario Confederation of Faculty Associations (OCUFA), 30 March  2012. Responds to the 2012 Ontario Budget.  See also OCUFA’s response of 28 March 2012. OCUFA Budget Analysis 2012

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Steve Iscoe, Changes to Faculty Board A&S structure and procedures (29 March 2012)

Posted on 29 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed by Steve Iscoe to faculty in Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, 29 March 2012, except that links have been added.  The email version attached Associate Dean Robert Lemieux’s Notice of Motion.   Background: Several meetings of Faculty Board (FB) … Continue reading →

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Robert P. Lemieux, Notice of Motion for Faculty Board (29 March 2012)

Posted on 29 March 2012 by mrkjns96

By Associate Dean Robert P. Lemieux, Faculty of Arts and Science; emailed to departments for distribution to all faculty and staff, 29 March 2012. Notice of motion-April 13 FB

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Queen’s Posts “Queen’s University Academic Plan 2011″ (27 March 2012)

Posted on 28 March 2012 by mrkjns96

For this post, please see the Queen’s Senate Faculty Caucus blog.

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OCUFA, Ontario budget adds up to less funding and more intervention (28 March 2012)

Posted on 28 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed by the Ontario Confederation of Faculty Associations (OCUFA), 28 March  2012. Responds to the 2012 Ontario Budget.  See also reviews and analyses by Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA); CBC News; Globe & Mail; Globe & Mail; Eckler Consultants. … Continue reading →

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Selim Akl, Letter on the GPA System and PeopleSoft (26 March 2012)

Posted on 26 March 2012 by mrkjns96

For this post, please see the Queen’s Senate Faculty Caucus blog.

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Queen’s Journal: Online learning puts revenue first (23 March 2012)

Posted on 23 March 2012 by mrkjns96

By Mark Jones.  As published in Queen’s Journal, 23 March 2012. Promotion of online learning for revenue generation may threaten academic quality and the distinctiveness of a Queen’s degree I recently submitted two questions for Provost Alan Harrison for the March 27 … Continue reading →

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Leda Raptis, Letter to the Provost on the GPA Grading System (20 March 2012)

Posted on 20 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed to Provost Alan Harrison, 20 March 2012: Dear Dr Harrison, I write to alert you to a serious problem in student assessment that we face as a University.

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Queen’s Journal: Blended learning to draw more revenue (16 March 2012)

Posted on 16 March 2012 by mrkjns96

By Vincent Matak. As published in Queen’s Journal, 16 March 2012. New online components mean increased enrolment for first-year courses University representatives and local government officials met last Friday to discuss the finances of Queen’s blended-learning system. MP for Kingston and the … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Hanson, On Faculty Board Restructuring (14 March 2012)

Posted on 14 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed to campus lists, 14 March 2012 (links have been added): Dear Colleagues, I am writing to add my voice to others who have written regarding concerns about the proposed re-structuring of Faculty Board.

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Queen’s Secret “Business Case” for Online Learning: Questions for the Provost (13 March 2012)

Posted on 13 March 2012 by mrkjns96

For this post, please see the Queen’s Senate Faculty Caucus blog.

Posted in Differentiation of Ontario Universities, History of the "Academic Planning" Process, Queen's Administration Documents, University Governance, Virtualization / Online learning | Leave a comment

Mark Jones, Response to Principal Woolf re “Queen’s Bowdlerized Plan” (13 March 2012)

Posted on 13 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed to Principal Woolf, 13 March 2012. Responds to Principal Woolf’s response to “Queen’s Bowdlerized Plan: An Open Letter to the Principal and the Provost” (11 March 2012). Dear Principal Woolf,  Thank you for your response to this.  May … Continue reading →

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Principal Daniel Woolf, Response to “Queen’s Bowdlerized Plan” (12 March 2012)

Posted on 13 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed on 12 March 2012 in response to “Queen’s Bowdlerized Plan: An Open Letter to the Principal and the Provost” (11 March 2012); posted by permission. Dear Mark, Thank you for this observation. The 12-page Academic Plan document is … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Bowdlerized Plan (11 March 2012)

Posted on 11 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed to campus lists, 11 March 2012.  See also the Open Letter to Principal Woolf and Provost Harrison.  Dear Colleagues, Queen’s has prepared (but not yet distributed) a 16-page glossy brochure representing the 12-page introductory summary to its Academic … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Bowdlerized Plan: An Open Letter to the Principal and the Provost (11 March 2012)

Posted on 11 March 2012 by mrkjns96

For this post, please see the Queen’s Senate Faculty Caucus blog.

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Jordan Morelli, On the Proposal for Faculty Board Restructuring (8 March 2012)

Posted on 8 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed to Associate Dean Robert Lemieux, 8 March 2012, in response to the “Discussion Paper” distributed to faculty on 28 February. The Discussion Paper: “A Review of the Structure of Faculty Board” circulated by Associate Dean Robert Lemieux is … Continue reading →

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Mark Jones, Review of the Structure of Faculty Board: A Counter-Proposition with Two Motions (7 March 2012)

Posted on 7 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As submitted on 7 March 2012 to the Arts and Science Faculty Board Agenda Committee for the Agenda of 16 March 2012 (except that an error in fn 2 has been subsequently corrected).  See also the Dean’s Discussion Paper: A … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Journal: Lawyer to revisit BFA decision (2 March 2012)

Posted on 2 March 2012 by mrkjns96

By Savoula Stylianou. As published in Queen’s Journal, 2 March 2012. University will hire lawyer to examine Fine Art suspension [photo caption:] Students and members of Occupy Queen’s protested outside Senate on Tuesday in support of the BFA program as Principal Woolf … Continue reading →

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Jordan Morelli, Request for Informal Session of Faculty Board to Discuss GPA System (1 March 2012)

Posted on 1 March 2012 by mrkjns96

As emailed by Professor Jordan Morelli to the Dean of Arts and Science, 1 March 2012: Dear Faculty Board Agenda Committee, At the Tuesday February 28 meeting of the Queen’s Senate, the Provost pledged to undertake to return to Senate … Continue reading →

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