Monthly Archives: April 2013

Mark Jones, Faculty Attrition, Administrative Expansion (30 April 2013)

Posted on 30 April 2013 by mrkjns96

According to Provost Alan Harrison, Queen’s reduced faculty positions by 47, or  5.8%, while increasing administrative positions by 5, or 12.8%, between 2007 and 2012.   The Provost was recently asked in Senate about recent additions to the Administrative complement, in … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Senate Urges GSEC to Rescind New Times-to-Completion Policy (30 April 2013)

Posted on 30 April 2013 by mrkjns96

Based on an email sent by Samantha King to campus lists, 2 May 2013: On Tuesday, April 30, Senate passed the following motion on Times to Completion for graduate students at Queen’s. Several speakers spoke passionately and convincingly in favour … Continue reading →

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New Draft for Academic Plan on Virtualization and Online Learning (18 April 2013)

Posted on 18 April 2013 by mrkjns96

The Senate Academic Planning Task Force (SAPT) has posted its second draft for Queen’s Academic Plan on Virtualization and Online Learning.  The first draft was posted on March 22.  For comments on the first draft, see here.

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Ariel Salzmann, An Open Letter to Dean Brouwer and the School of Graduate Studies (4 April 2013)

Posted on 4 April 2013 by mrkjns96

As sent to Dean Brenda Brouwer and copied to community lists, 4 April 2013.  Posted by permission. This year the Department of History made a valiant effort to recruit an exceptional graduate student. The student  applied to our Ph.D. program … Continue reading →

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