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Foundations of Excellence: Faculty Dimension

March 9, 2009

The Faculty Dimension is examining instruction in the first-year classes, the interaction of faculty and/or staff with students both inside and outside the classroom, and the degree to which such instruction and interaction are encouraged, supported and valued by academic officers, deans, department chairs, colleagues and/or supervisors.

Committee members are in the process of collecting information from individuals, offices and programs across campus that interact with first-year students (course/program descriptions and related materials, publications, brochures, Web site pages and/or anecdotal evidence).

The committee members will:

  • identify patterns in the student and faculty/staff survey results.
  • take an active part in the review of and discussions about university and/or programmatic documents.
  • conduct interviews, focus groups, etc.
  • recommend action plans.
  • create a committee report on the dimension.

For additional information about, to participate in or to provide information for the Faculty Dimension, contact co-chairs James Brunson (jbrunson@niu.edu), Dave Changnon (dchangnon@niu.edu) and Carolinda Douglass (cdoug@niu.edu).