June 21, 2012

Present: Emelia Benjamin, Peter Cahn, Isabel Dominguez, Sharon Levine, Jane Liebschutz (chair), Weining Lu, Michael York

Item	Discussion	Action
Education Pilot Grant rankings	Reviewed grants and shared feedback. Make it clear in the application that projects should frame a research question. Should we give feedback and ask faculty to reapply? Require letter of support from other team members?	Peter will send feedback. Recipients: Winnie Suen Ask Shoumita Dasgupta to redo budget within $3,000. Could she hire an outside evaluator? Hershman can receive $3000 to perform part of proposal. Ask him to rebudget for reconsideration. Or find matching source. Ask him to state outcomes and scholarly product.
Review events calendar Faculty Development and Diversity activities Proposed committee meeting schedule for 2012-2013	Doodle poll revealed there is no ideal time.	Alternate Wed. at 4 with Thurs. at 12 p.m.
Transition to new Director of Faculty Development and Diversity	Friday Faculty Social on June 29.

Peter Cahn’s blog

Stuck in the Middle June 12, 2012
Associate professors register more job dissatisfaction than faculty of other ranks according to a national survey conducted by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education. In several categories, associate professors feel less valued and less supported. Their dissatisfaction may reflect a concentration of resources for early career faculty and t […]
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