WASC 2005-03-07 - Revision history

Murray at 04:00, 23 March 2006

2006-03-23T04:00:30Z

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			Present: Richard, Brad, Jean, Niles, Csilla, Nate

	1. Introductions		1. Introductions

	2. Overview of WASC Process		2. Overview of WASC Process (see [[WASC\|WASC home]])

	3. Discussion		3. Discussion - what are the issues we should consider as possible topics for further study
	* Q: What are the issues the students see as the big deals?		* Q: What are the issues the students see as the big deals?
	** Weekly homeworks, especially in the core		** Weekly homeworks, especially in the core
	** Not enough freshman humanities courses		** Not enough freshman humanities courses
	** Underuniting (across the board)		** Underuniting (across the board)
	* Uniting
	* Course evaluations		* Course evaluations
	** Evaluations are ridiculous: some people feel we shouldn't have them, some people feel they are underutilized		** Evaluations are ridiculous: some people feel we shouldn't have them, some people feel they are underutilized
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	** Experimental class to see how things work out		** Experimental class to see how things work out
	** Integrated core		** Integrated core
	* Faculty evaluation ~~and teacher ideas~~		* Faculty evaluation
	** Better system of award/penalty		** Better system of award/penalty
	** More transparency: what is a raise for, how was it evaluated		** More transparency: what is a raise for, how was it evaluated

Murray at 02:28, 23 March 2006

2006-03-23T02:28:38Z

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Murray at 02:27, 23 March 2006

2006-03-23T02:27:47Z

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	2. Overview of WASC Process		2. Overview of WASC Process

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	* Q: What are the issues the students see as the big deals?		* Q: What are the issues the students see as the big deals?

Murray at 22:32, 7 March 2006

2006-03-07T22:32:32Z

New page

1. Introductions
2. Overview of WASC Process
3. Discussion
* Q: What are the issues the students see as the big deals?
** Weekly homeworks, especially in the core
** Not enough freshman humanities courses
** Underuniting (across the board)
* Uniting
* Course evaluations
** Evaluations are ridiculous: some people feel we shouldn't have them, some people feel they are underutilized
** New online version is available for core courses (apparently much better)
** Students are much more critical face to face than on the forms
** Ch 1: take 5 people to lunch right after class and ask how things went
** Technological: most people aren't ready to implement solutions that exist; Caltech could facilitate this
* New ways of teaching
** Lectureless teaching of Ph, Ch, EE, etc
** Experimental class to see how things work out
** Integrated core
* Faculty evaluation and teacher ideas
** Better system of award/penalty
** More transparency: what is a raise for, how was it evaluated
* Improving teaching
** Get faculty to go to other faculty member courses (not enough)
** Undergraduate TAs
** Video tape + feedback (but painful)