In response to Alan's email of 4/19:
Best::::::::::::::::::::
1. Faculty Club (among other nice features)
2. And I would just like to note the NEW & IMPROVED Faculty Senate Website
http://www.wcu.edu/facsenate/
(thanks to Elizabeth Vihnanek)
Could Be Improved:::::::::::::::
Our participation in Faculty Governance
(note in this connection, with some repetition of the above:
http://paws.wcu.edu/gjones/WCU_Faculty_EssentialLinks.htm )
- gj
Gary H. Jones, Ph.D
Western Carolina University
Assistant Professor of Business Communication
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Forsyth College of Business
Ph: 828.227.3615
Home Page
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Altany
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 4:14 PM
To: newfaculty@cowee.wcu.edu; teaching@cowee.wcu.edu
Subject: Chronicle article: The Best Places to Be a Faculty Member
This article from The Chronicle of Higher Education
(http://chronicle.com) was forwarded to you from:
altany@email.wcu.edu
The following message was enclosed:
If you were to select one significant reasos why WCU is
already a good place to be a faculty member
AND
one important change that is needed to make it a better place
for faculty, what would those two things be?
(use the list, or state you own)
Thanks.
Alan
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Friday, April 18, 2003
The Best Places to Be a Faculty Member
What goes into making a college a great place to be a faculty
member?
Much of it is not what you see on your college's Web site, but
the unrecognized things that make academic life a little
easier or more interesting. With that in mind, we'd like to
know if you think your institution -- be it a community
college, four-year college, or doctoral university -- is
special in one of the following areas. And if you'd like to
nominate an institution other than your own in any of the
categories, we would like to hear about that too.
Please let us know which category or categories you think an
institution is the best in -- and give a brief explanation of
why. Send your response to facultyfriendly@chronicle.com by
May 5, and The Chronicle will consider making that institution
part of its list of top colleges for faculty members, which
will appear in June.
We're looking for colleges with the best:
Environment for adjuncts
Benefits for domestic partners
Tuition benefits for faculty families
Sabbatical policies
Policies for professors who are also parents
Diversity among faculty members
Pay hikes over the last five years
Faculty club
Technology support
Programs for retired professors
Mentoring programs for junior scholars
Faculty governance
Teaching centers
Cultural offerings outside New York City
Faculty housing
Special deals for faculty outdoor activities
Dating scene for single faculty members
Accommodations for faculty spouses
Teaching (as opposed to research) environment
Faculty traditions
Atmosphere for postdocs
Off-campus bars for faculty members
And we're also looking for colleges with:
The most-unusual faculty perks
The most politically active professors
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