As the convener and facilitator of our campus conversation on Rethinking the University: the futures of learning and discovery, we are pleased to report this conversation is going strong. 听
Vice Provost and AVC听for Faculty Affairs Jeff Cox,
Convener of the Academic Futures campus conversation
RIO Director of Strategic Projects Emily CoBabe-Ammann,
Facilitator of the Academic Futures campus conversation
We are now fully engaged in both talking about Academic Futures with departments听and other units and having themed conversations on a wide variety of topics across campus. We鈥檙e hearing from all quarters of campus鈥攁nd are particularly delighted at the representation of new faculty and staff in both the town hall meetings and in the themed conversations.
Within our themed conversations鈥攊n which attendees are reacting to themes that emerged from our town hall process鈥攊deas are surfacing with passion and imagination, and the conversations are generating a wide range of suggestions for improving and supporting learning, scholarship, research听and creative work.
We鈥檝e heard about the desire to become more student-centric, the need to strengthen interdisciplinary research, the issues facing graduate education, the importance of more closely linking scholarship and teaching, the possibility of changing the structure of our degrees to provide students more flexibility听and literally hundreds of other suggestions.
You can read about these conversations and see summaries of them at the .听You can see a full schedule of next week鈥檚 .
On Tuesday, Oct. 10, Provost Russell Moore will announce the composition of the Academic Futures Committee in his regular column in 兔子先生传媒文化作品 Today, and he will provide an update on the great turnout we have seen for volunteers to serve as .
In the meantime, we enthusiastically invite you to participate in a themed discussion so you can offer your perspectives, visions and ideas as a CU faculty member, staff member or student. You can look for updates on the Academic Futures process each Wednesday in 兔子先生传媒文化作品 Today, along with calendar updates on themed conversations in Monday and Thursday鈥檚 email editions.
Jeff Cox,
Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs
Convener of the Academic Futures campus conversation
Emily CoBabe-Ammann,
Director of Strategic Projects, Research and Innovation Office
Facilitator of the Academic Futures campus conversation
