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Category Archives: Process
Queen’s Senate Urges GSEC to Rescind New Times-to-Completion Policy (30 April 2013)
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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Two Questions for Faculty Board (2 October 2012)
As submitted by Mark Jones for the October 12 Agenda of Arts and Science Faculty Board: Two Questions for Dean Alistair MacLean Respectfully submitted by Mark Jones, Dept. of English 1. The CAUT Report on Queen’s University’s treatment of Dr. … Continue reading
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Queen’s Bowdlerized Plan (11 March 2012)
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
Jordan Morelli, On the Proposal for Faculty Board Restructuring (8 March 2012)
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
Mark Jones, Review of the Structure of Faculty Board: A Counter-Proposition with Two Motions (7 March 2012)
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
Mark Jones, Queen’s Governance: The Case for Legal Advice for Senate (28 February 2012)
At its meeting of 28 February 2012, Queen’s Senate passed a motion concerning Senate authority on academic decisions by a vote of 28 – 20. What follows is the opening argument for it as delivered in Senate. This motion simply proposes that … Continue reading
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Roberta Lamb, Notes from Faculty Board for 13 January 2012 (posted 18 January 2012)
These notes are not comprehensive and are limited by my memory. I hope they inform members of developments in Faculty Board (pending the appearance of the minutes) and I invite others who attended to add their thoughts. To me, it … Continue reading
Mark Jones, Re QJ article on Faculty Board (13 December 2011)
As emailed to campus lists on 13 December 2011: Dear Colleagues: There is a revealing story just out in Queen’s Journal concerning Friday’s Faculty Board motion to rescind the BFA Freeze:
Queen’s Journal: ArtSci faculty members at odds with admin over Fine Arts suspension (13 December 2011)
By Savoula Stylianou. As published in Queen’s Journal, 13 December 2011. The Arts and Science Faculty Board voted to reinstate admissions to the Fine Arts program for the next academic year, but University administrators say this vote won’t affect the … Continue reading
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Mark Jones, “Queen’s University Academic Plan”: Complete and To Be Continued (12 December 2011)
As published in QUFA Voices, 12 December 2011: Our Senate unanimously approved a “Queen’s University Academic Plan 2011” on November 22. Some have asked how the unanimous approval came about, for just before voting, Senate received a petition with almost … Continue reading
Re BFA Admissions: A Statement and a Motion for Faculty Board (8 December 2011)
The Faculty of Arts and Science Faculty Board meets at 3:3o p.m. Friday, 9 December 2011, in 217 Watson Hall. Since its November meeting (scheduled for the 11th) was cancelled, this will be its first opportunity to consider the Deans’ … Continue reading
Mark Jones, Open Letter to Senate: Six Reasons Why it is Wrong to Freeze BFA Admissions Without Academic Process (4 December 2011)
As emailed to Senators and to Queen’s campus lists, 4 December 2011: Dear Senators and Colleagues: The relative lack of genuine, two-way discussion on Queen’s campus following the Globe and Mail’s announcement in early November of our Administration’s decision to … Continue reading
Petition to Senate Concerning Admission Freezes and Closures (17 November 2011)
As posted 17 November 2011 on ipetitions.com: Given the recent announcement that Queen’s “is suspending admission and upper-year transfers to the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program for the 2012-2013 academic year based on an assessment of the faculty resources available to support … Continue reading
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Mark Jones, Now is the Time to Speak Out about the Draft Academic Plan (30 September 2011)
Posted 30 September 2011; updated 27 October 2011. A draft academic plan was submitted to Faculty Board in Arts and Science on September 17 and to Senate on September 27. Since the Academic Planning Task Force (APTF) as a whole … Continue reading
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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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
Queen’s News Centre: Academic Planning Process Update (22 October 2010)
Excerpt from “Principal Woolf invites further discussion of rankings at Senate,” a report on the Queen’s Senate Meeting of 20 October 2010. Queen’s News Centre, 22 October, 2010: Academic Planning Process Update Deputy Provost Susan Cole provided an update on … Continue reading
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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.
U of T: Protest against New Academic Plan and Top-Down Process (21 October 2010)
As sent by email: Subject: [CACS] Protest Reminder–SATURDAY 1:00, Kings College Circle Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:30:15 -0400 From: Paula Karger <p.karger@UTORONTO.CA> Reply-To: Paula Karger <p.karger@UTORONTO.CA> To: CACS@LISTS.MCGILL.CA Hi everyone, Don’t forget to join us on Saturday, October 23rd … Continue reading
We Request Open Planning Meetings on Specific Issues: An Open Letter to Principal Daniel Woolf and Dr. Susan Cole (Deputy Provost and SCAD Chair) (20 October 2010)
Dear Principal Woolf and Dr. Cole: As announced by Queen’s News Centre (QNC), 27 September 2010, the “Academic Planning” process has been referred to the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD). To all appearances there has been little activity since … Continue reading
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Queen’s News Centre: “Imagining the Future” referred to SCAD (27 September 2010)
Excerpt from “Senate in Brief,” Queen’s News Centre, 27 September 2010 Principal’s Report In his report to Senate, Principal Daniel Woolf provided an update on academic planning. The Academic Writing Team’s report has been referred to the Senate Committee on … Continue reading
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Welcome back . . . to “Academic Planning” (9 September 2010)
QSERAP email to Queen’s students and employees, sent 9 September 2010: Dear colleagues: Over the summer, as you may know, there have been some developments in Queen’s “Academic Planning” exercise, including some advances in transparency.
Queen’s “Academic Planning” Exercises, 2009-10: A Critical History with Documents (8 September 2010)
By Mark Jones The “academic planning” exercises at Queen’s formally began on 15 January 2010, with Principal Woolf’s Where Next? and are now entering their second academic year.
Selling Out the Future: Away from Academic Planning for Queen’s University (2 September 2010)
Reflections on the Report “Imagining the Future: Towards an Academic Plan for Queen’s University”: by Mark Jones The central weakness of the so-called “academic planning” exercise now underway at Queen’s is its subordination to a budget-cutting agenda.
QSERAP: Open Letter II to the “Academic Writing Team” (Professors Adams, Bryant, Chan, Nossal, Scott, and Smol) (16 July 2010)
“a genuine academic plan needs to be constructed by the whole community from the ground up” (Open Letter I, 28 May 2010) Dear Professors Adams, Bryant, Chan, Nossal, Scott, and Smol, Thank you for holding your first consultative meeting on … Continue reading
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Queen’s News Centre: Academic Plan process extended (5 July 2010)
As posted in Queen’s News Centre, 5 July 2010: The timeline for developing and finalizing the university’s Academic Plan is being expanded by several months into 2011 to promote “wide discussion and consultation” over the upcoming fall and winter terms.
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Why Not Hear What People Have to Say about Aiming for Less? A Reply to Principal Daniel Woolf (25 April 2010)
As originally posted on the QERAP ipetitions blog, 25 April 2010: By Mark Jones, for Queen’s Employees for Real Academic Planning On April 15, 2010, a group calling itself “Queen’s Students for Real Academic Planning” floated a petition to the … Continue reading
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Motion for Faculty Board (26 March 2010)
By Roberta Lamb and Mark Jones, as posted in QUFA Forum, 29 March 2010. [All Academic Units were required to respond to the Principal’s Vision Statement, Where Next?, with planning recommendations by April 15.
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Top-down Destructive “Planning” in Arts and Science (21 Mar. 2010)
By Frank Burke, as posted in QUFA Forum, 21 Mar. 2010. The so-called academic planning exercise in the Faculty of Arts and Science continues to be top-down, rushed, and financially driven–hence not academic at all.
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Objections to the Faculty of Arts and Science Draft Response to Principal’s Vision Statement (18 March 2010): Some Highlights (21 March 2010)
By Mark Jones, as posted in QUFA Forum, 21 March 2010. This piece responds to Draft 2 of the FAS response to Principal Woolf’s “Where Next?” I’ve asked colleagues to come to Faculty Board on Friday to help reject the … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Principal Woolf (15 March 2010)
As posted in QUFA Forum, 15 March 2010: From: Johanne Bénard (Head of Department of French Studies) Lynda Jessup (Director of the Graduate Program in Cultural Studies) Clarke Mackey (Head of Department of Film and Media) Clive Robertson (Acting Head … Continue reading
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QUFA’s Response To Principal Woolf’s Academic Planning Exercise (17 Feb. 2010)
As posted on the Queen’s University Faculty Association Website: To our Members: QUFA has advised and continues to advise its Members to participate in Principal Woolf’s Academic Planning process. But both Administrators and QUFA Members need also to be aware … Continue reading
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Real Academic Planning 