tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post4967827184760131055..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: Faculty Senate vs. strategic planDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-72627472600985551072012-04-21T12:09:38.301-05:002012-04-21T12:09:38.301-05:00My understanding is that the Center for Basic Skil...My understanding is that the Center for Basic Skills (CBS) became the Center for Academic Success (CAS) several years ago. In the great restructuring of University College, CAS was gutted by retirement and abandonment, losing much of its institutional memory about practices and procedures. Under the leadership of the UC Dean, that program abandoned much of its past practices without consultationJonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-70530000024343842052012-04-12T09:08:32.197-05:002012-04-12T09:08:32.197-05:00Let's face it. SIUC is now in terminasl declin...Let's face it. SIUC is now in terminasl decline with 32 faculty leaving and a committment to accept just any student no matter how ill-equipped they are for a university education. After increasing enrollemnts via DL and those enticed to the CAE, Rita will move on elsewhere and SIUC match the intellectual caliber of Glenn Poshard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-28326131257828616022012-04-11T22:35:54.742-05:002012-04-11T22:35:54.742-05:00"Inclusive Excellence" seems to be two t..."Inclusive Excellence" seems to be two things: a cover for whatever mischief administrators wish to foist that, if done open and transparently, might get them called to court. "Nope, we are not discriminating on the basis of race, creed and so on"--we are being INCLUSIVE! This is the trend since the 2003 split-the-baby pair of decision on affirmative action, which I predicted Jonathan Beannoreply@blogger.com