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Category Archives: Queen’s Administration Documents
Arts and Science: Call for Proposals for Course Redesign Project (24 January 2013)
Emailed to departments as a pdf document, Call for Proposals3 Jan 2013, 24 January 2013. Italics and boldface are in the original. See also Associate Dean Ravenscroft’s earlier mailings of February and May 2011 and February 2012. Note that the present memo does not … Continue reading
Mark Jones, Comments on the “Business Case to Grow Distance Enrolments in the Faculty of Arts and Science” (25 May 2012)
re: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/sites/default/files/Business_Case_Final.pdf The “Business Case to Grow Distance Enrolments in the Faculty of Arts and Science,” which was declared by the Provost to be confidential in early March, was recently released in response to a FIPPA request.[1] One cannot expect … Continue reading
“Business Case” Released (22 May 2012)
Queen’s “Business Case to Grow Distance Enrolments in the Faculty of Arts and Science” (Aug. 2011) has been released in response to a FIPPA request and is now posted on the Arts and Science website. See “Commentary.”
Mark Jones, “Business Case” to be Released under FIPPA (23 April 2012)
On 18 April, Queen’s Access and Privacy Coordinator Diane Kelly responded to a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) for the “business case” regarding the expansion of Continuing and Distance Studies (CDS).
Queen’s Secret “Business Case” for Online Learning: Questions for the Provost (13 March 2012)
For this post, please see the Queen’s Senate Faculty Caucus blog.
Faculty of Arts and Science, Course Redesign Project Sessions 2 and 3 (22 February 2012)
As emailed by the Faculty of Arts and Science to Chairs of Undergraduate Studies and Undergraduate Administrative Assistants, for distribution to faculty, 22 February 2012. See also Associate Dean Ravenscroft’s mailings of February and May 2011. Dear Chairs of Undergraduate Studies … Continue reading
Daniel Woolf on the Academic Plan and the “Domain of Senate” (excerpt from a Letter to William Young) (posted 7 October 2011)
A letter written by Principal Woolf to the Chair of the Board of Trustees on 25 June 2011, laying out “Annual Goals and Priorities” for 2011-12, was leaked sometime in July and discussed widely on campus and in the national … Continue reading
Faculty of Arts and Science Call for Proposals for Course Re-Design (2 May 2011)
From the Faculty of Arts and Science. Emailed to Department Heads by Associate Dean (Studies) Brenda Ravenscroft on 2 May 2011. See also Associate Dean Ravenscroft’s mailings of February 2011 and of 22 February 2012 We are pleased to be able … Continue reading
New Initiatives in Online Learning in Arts and Science: Information for Departments and Instructors (February 2011)
From Arts and Science, emailed to Department Heads, ca. 1 Mar. 2011. See also the follow-ups of 2 May 2011 and 22 February 2012 Context The Faculty of Arts and Science is exploring the possibility of growing enrolments through increasing … Continue reading
Call for Academic Planning Task Force Nominations (8 December 2010)
Email sent out on community lists by Mark Jones, 8 December 2010: Dear Colleagues: As you will know, the Senate Nominating Committee has been charged with selecting a Senate “Task Force,” which will be charged with drafting Queen’s Academic Plan.
Queen’s News Centre: Principal welcomes discussion on university specialization (27 October 2010)
As posted in Queen’s News Centre, 27 October 2010. Note that the “discussion” the Principal “welcomes” is not about whether to support the HEQCO Report but only about “how.” See also OCUFA’s two critiques of HEQCO’s recommendations, and Mark Jones, … Continue reading
Academic Planning: Response from Dr. Susan Cole (26 October 2010)
In response to the open letter of 20 October 2010, an email from Dr. Susan Cole, Deputy Provost and Chair of SCAD, to Mark Jones, 26 October 2010: Hello Mark – Thank you for your email of 20 Oct 2010. … Continue reading
Academic Planning: Response from Principal Woolf (22 October 2010)
In response to the open letter of 20 October 2010, an email from Daniel Woolf to Mark Jones, 22 October 2010: Dear Mark, Thank you for your open letter of October 20th concerning future steps in the Academic Planning process.
Principal’s Update to Queen’s Faculty on Academic Planning (30 June 2010)
Sent by email from Principal Daniel Woolf to Queen’s Faculty, June 30, 2010: Dear Queen’s Community, On April 23rd, I sent a spring Update on Academic Planning to students, faculty and staff to explain the process leading to an Academic … Continue reading
Email “Message from the Principal: The Academic Plan” (23 April 2010)
Emailed to Queen’s Faculty, 23 April 2010; also posted on the Principal’s website: Dear Queen’s Community, In some areas of campus there appears to be confusion about the Academic Plan. Over the next few paragraphs I will try to explain … Continue reading
Faculty of Arts and Science Response to Where Next?: Executive Summary (18 April 2010)
As posted by Arts and Science 18 April 2010: Making up approximately half the University the Faculty of Arts and Science offers, in twenty-seven departments and schools, an extraordinary scope of educational possibilities encompassing the creative arts, languages, humanities, social … Continue reading
Faculty of Arts and Science Response to the Principal’s Vision Statement, Where Next? Toward a University Academic Plan (15 April 2010)
As posted by Arts and Science. This document embodies the “academic planning” recommendations submitted to the Principal by the Faculty of Arts and Science.
Faculty of Arts and Science – Draft Response to Principal’s Vision Statement (18 March 2010)
This is the second of five drafts which were circulated to Unit Heads in the Faculty of Arts and Science on 11, 18, and 25 March and on 5 and 15 April. It is reproduced here because it is the … Continue reading
Academic Plan Response-Form (Arts and Science) (8 Feb. 2010)
Below is a link to the “template” supplied to units in Arts and Science on 8 Feb. 2010 for their input to the “academic planning” exercise. Responses were required by the 19th. AcademicPlanResponseFormVer3
Faculty of Arts and Science Planning Document (February 2010)
The following document is apparently no longer available on the Queen’s server, but it is an important statement of Administrative preconceptions and priorities going into the “academic planning” process. Faculty of Arts and Science Planning Document.pdf See also QUFA’s critique.
Where Next? Toward a University Academic Plan (15 Jan. 2010)
By Principal Daniel Woolf, 15 Jan. 2010 This is the Principal’s “Vision Statement,” as posted on his website. WhereNext-2010-01-15
Daniel Woolf, Welcome Back Message (11 January 2010)
As emailed on the Queen’s Faculty and Staff lists, 11 January 2010: Dear faculty and staff, I am writing to welcome you all back to the new term and the new year. I hope your holidays were restful and rewarding.
Memorandum to all Heads and Directors, Faculty of Arts and Science: “Three-Year Academic Plan” (21 Sept. 2009)
This memo clearly illustrates how financial planning has been given priority over academic planning. Anticipating Principal Woolf’s “academic planning” exercise, the Dean of Arts and Science requires “that each department and school complete a three-year academic plan
Message from Principal Woolf (1 September 2009)
Principal Woolf’s first message to the university community as Principal has been removed from the Principal’s website, so it is reposted here (on 29 May 2013) from the email version sent out on 1 September 2009): To all members of … Continue reading
Queen’s Financial Update: Virtualization Task Force Final Report (August 2009)
As posted on the Queen’s Financial Update page, August 2009: The Virtualization Task Force was charged with examining the potential for use of information technology and electronic media in reducing costs of instruction, alleviating space constraints associated with growing enrolment, … Continue reading
Dean’s Report to Faculty of Arts and Science: Planning Overview (24 July 2009)
By Dean Alistair MacLean, 24 July 2009 [This planning report emphasizes “ever increasing financial pressure” and budget-cuts: “projected base reductions of . . . 5% . . . in 2009-10, 6% in 2010-11 and 8% in 2011-12 . . . … Continue reading
Report to Faculty of Arts and Science: 21 April 2009
By Dean Alistair MacLean, 21 April 2009 Since the Faculty Board meeting on 3rd April 2009, there has been a considerable amount of discussion about both the intent and the effect of the motion that was passed with respect to … Continue reading
“Budget” (Excerpt from the “Dean’s Report” to FAS Faculty Board) (13 Feb. 2009)
By Alistair MacLean, Dean of Arts and Science; excerpt from Faculty Board Minutes, pp. 3-4. [In this excerpt the Dean projects budget-cuts of 5.5% in 2009-2010, 6% in 2010-2011, and 8% in 2011-2012, and proposes “to suspend admission in September … Continue reading
Real Academic Planning 