Difference between revisions of "WASC 2005-03-07"
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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) | ||
* 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 | * 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 | ||
Latest revision as of 04:00, 23 March 2006
| WASC Home |
Present: Richard, Brad, Jean, Niles, Csilla, Nate
1. Introductions
2. Overview of WASC Process (see WASC home)
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?
- Weekly homeworks, especially in the core
- Not enough freshman humanities courses
- Underuniting (across the board)
- 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
- 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)
