Minutes - Department of Linguistics Meeting, Oct 18, 2017
October 18
Linguistics (7 people)
Intro to A&S Strategic Planning Process by David Brown
- History of A&S process
- Work of committee to date鈥攄raft vision statement
- Schedule for committee鈥檚 work
Intro by Jeff Cox
- Intro on teaching and reaching visioning
- Laying out of fall work
- Role of Committee and Report
Comment: Allocation of SCH to departments militates against team teaching which is a wonderful opportunity for the exchange of ideas and for our students.
Comment: Need course releases to develop new kinds of courses.
Comment: Institutes (ICS in particular) are great locations for interdisciplinary education
Comment: Collaboration takes time.
Comment: We need to heal the divisions between departments and institutes.
Comment: Institute research faculty should be allowed to do more teaching
Comment: We need to consider the role of centers in interdisciplinary work.
Comment: We need to look at certificates in interdisciplinary education.
Comment: There needs to be funding to support grass roots interdisciplinary education initiatives
Comment: The process for getting innovative degrees through faculty curriculum committees is too cumbersome.
Comment: Solve the problems for interdisciplinary PhDs; we need a template for interdisciplinary PhDs.