The Academic Council approved degrees for graduation and heard updates regarding efforts to gauge faculty satisfaction and improve faculty diversity at its last meeting of the 2015-16 academic year Thursday.
The Academic Council discussed renaming the women’s studies program and received a motion to further investigate accusations against Executive Vice President Tallman Trask during its weekly meeting Thursday.
The Arts and Sciences Council received an update from Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education, regarding proposed alterations to the undergraduate advising system during its meeting Thursday.
The Arts and Sciences Council received an update from the “Imagining the Duke Curriculum” committee about integrating faculty feedback into the new proposed curriculum at its meeting Thursday.
Increasing support for faculty members was one of Valerie Ashby’s main goals when she arrived at Duke, and in her second semester as dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences Ashby is leading several efforts to meet that goal.
At its meeting Thursday, the Arts and Science Council took a vote regarding the launch of a Global Development Engineering Certificate and was introduced to Experience Duke Deliberately, an outline for a new curriculum. The result of the vote on the Global Development Engineering Certificate has not yet been released.
The Strategic Planning Steering Committee is in the process of setting a new path forward for the University.
Nearly a week after students raised concerns about inclusion at a community forum, the Academic Council discussed initiatives to improve faculty diversity Thursday.
At its meeting Thursday, the Arts and Sciences Council added the Thompson Writing Program to its represented departments and was introduced to the new Washington Duke Scholars program for first-generation, low-income students.
The Academic Council discussed strategic planning themes to foster collaboration at Duke and a proposed Duke Kunshan University master's degree at its monthly meeting Thursday.
Bass Connections is working to better recruit graduate students and increase the program’s on-campus presence in its third year at Duke.
As Duke continues to trumpet its commitment to working across disciplines, some faculty are calling into question the role of interdisciplinary certificate programs. A certificate, by definition, is meant to be a program that "spans multiple disciplines or departments"—one of the factors that separates it from a minor, which is focused in a specific department.
The Chronicle’s Ryan Zhang spoke with new Trinity dean Valerie Ashby about her goals for Trinity and why she chose to come to Duke.
The Academic Council discussed University construction priorities and Duke Kunshan University during its first meeting of the academic year Thursday. Don Taylor, chair of the University Priorities Committee, discussed the committee’s work and the distribution of University revenue in a presentation to the Council, after which faculty members questioned Taylor and President Richard Brodhead about University construction priorities.
The academic deans that this year’s Trinity freshman met with during orientation week will be the same academic Deans they meet with before graduating Duke in four years. This is due to Duke’s new four-year dean model, which assigns Trinity students academic deans, based on their first year residences, who will remain each student’s academic dean until receiving his or her Duke diploma.
Duke's 54 majors, 52 minors and 21 certificate programs can make getting familiar with the University's academic environment overwhelming. Few understand that better than Provost Sally Kornbluth, who is starting her second year as Duke's chief academic officer after spending eight years as vice dean for basic science at the School of Medicine.
Although International Comparative Studies has been at Duke for more than 40 years the program now faces questions about administrative commitment to the program and sustainability amid changes in leadership. The recent questions have emerged since Frances Hasso, former director of ICS and associate professor of women’s studies, decided not to continue as director of the program following the 2014-15 academic year.
Four seniors have been named Hart Fellows for 2014—an increase from the fellowship's traditional three recipients due to the outstanding nature of this year's applicants.
The sociology department will offer pre-health students a more holistic understanding of medicine in the new minor.
Although most students choose traditional single-subject majors, Program II is a lesser-known option for those who desire a more personalized area of study.
