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Academic Principles

  1. Every department should have defined areas of focus that are supported by faculty groups. Where appropriate, those areas of focus should tie to the University's areas of foci.

  2. Every faculty member should have his/her own workload profile. Research-active faculty members should, in general, have reduced teaching loads. Those who do not have active research programs should have increased teaching/service loads.

  3. We continue to emphasize persistence to graduation as a major indicator of success. This far outweighs the number of majors in the discipline, a more ephemeral measure.

  4. Every department should have established a culture for conducting research and/or creative activities. Our core belief is that exposure to research-active faculty and participation in research programs are critical components of our students' educational experiences.

  5. We should minimize the use of part-time instructors as much as possible and encourage tenured and tenure-track faculty members to take the lead on teaching undergraduate classes.

 


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