- Faculty Forum: Prospective Part-time Bachelor’s Degree for Non-traditional Students
- March 30th 3:30-5:00PM – Register with your Cornell NetID for Zoom meeting for an opportunity to provide the Faculty Senate and Senate Committees feedback on proposal
- Additional background information: Proposal presentation at the Faculty Senate and the CAPP, EPC, and AFPSF Senate committee reports
- Meeting audio
- Meeting chat
- Meeting audio transcription
Faculty Senate agenda that included this topic:
Dec 8
Feb 9
Mar 9
Provost’s Response – March 9, 2022
Provost Letter – March 21, 2022
American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program statement– March 30, 2022
Resolution Prospective Part-time Bachelor’s Degree for Non-Traditional Students
UFC Resolution: Apr 20
Revised version: 4/27/2022
Revised version: 5/3/2022
Revised UFC resolution: May 4
Faculty Senate vote on Resolution 181 took place May 5-17, 2022 with the following results:
68 Yes, 14 No and 7 Abstain; 41 Did not vote
(results with comments document)
I looked over the comments from the three committees. They are thoughtful and insightful in my opinion.
At least some of the comments are focused on trying to predict what could go wrong and fix it in advance. That is absolutely appropriate. However, we will not foresee everything that goes right and wrong. That is why I believe we must have an academic unit (or a consortium of units) in charge of any degrees. The deans and faculty will continue to improve programs through time.
A separate comment, not for now, is that I think any consortium should have a “lead dean,” who convenes the appropriate faculty and academic administration. Someone should clearly be responsible for acting first.