Duke Arts and Sciences Council votes down for-credit online courses
By Emma Baccellieri | April 25, 2013After more than an hour of debate Thursday afternoon, the Arts and Sciences Council voted against a motion to adopt online courses for credit.
After more than an hour of debate Thursday afternoon, the Arts and Sciences Council voted against a motion to adopt online courses for credit.
Faculty have yet to vote on whether or not Duke should offer online courses for credit, but administrators have already signed a contract to do so in the Fall.
Although the University continually faces a challenge in balancing athletics and academics, it receives high marks for it among its peers.
Sen. Cowan, D-Mass lauds the social progress that Duke has made since it accepted its first five black undergraduates in 1963.
Administrators and faculty discussed the University’s potential three-year pilot membership in the Semester Online consortium at the Arts and Sciences Council meeting.
Students looking to cross physical and academic borders have a new tool to use.
Oathout and Tobia are two of 62 students nationwide to win the prestigious scholarship.
Two Duke juniors, Kushal Seetharam and Yaohua Xue, have been selected to receive the 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Duke Divinity students and administrators are adamant that theological education is more than just blind faith.
Coursera students see their professors in the online course videos, but they do not see the teams of people working behind the scenes.
Bass Connections, a major interdisciplinary initiative funded by a recent $50 million gift, is recruiting participants for its first class.
Considerable progress is being made on the campus of DKU, Provost Peter Lange said.
When Kiehart takes over as dean of the natural sciences, he plans to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.
Duke will partner with University of Virginia to broaden language opportunities for students.
Vice President of Administration Kyle Cavanaugh attended the meeting to answer questions about the proposed background checks.
Hamilton is leaving Sanford for Stanford during a time of transition for Duke’s public policy school.
Newly declared members of the sophomore class united on the Chapel Quadrangle Wednesday to kick off a new tradition.
Hamilton, director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, is leaving Duke, according to an email obtained by The Chronicle.
The Duke Global Health Institute has finalized the newly authorized global health co-major and minor.
Undergraduates can now knock out their language requirement in one summer.