Academic Organization, Structure and Rewards
- The author muses what a core course of whatever kind, and in whatever discipline, might look like and aim for.
- The author proposes ways to leverage ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder expertise in executive education by hosting executive programs in downtown Boulder and in mountain resort towns. See the white paper
- The authors submit that a coordinated international strategy –built on five points of action -- can help the University better utilize resources and advance the campus’s strategic imperatives. See the white paper
- The authors provide a model of operational efficiency for ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder’s largest college based on a partnership between staff and faculty in which staff are integral to the success of A&S’s academic mission. See the
- Based on his own experience teaching in the humanities, the author calls for casting off disciplinary constraints and constructs that squelch creativity, and expanding the centrality of the humanities in the academic experience of students.
- The authors remind that a canvass of examples of interdisciplinarity currently informs research and teaching in Geography and at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder, providing a key model for the Academic Futures initiative.
- The author puts forward a plan for internationalization of education that builds on the university's reputation as a leader in atmospheric sciences and proposes a co-curiruclar center to "thread climate-change realities and points of inspection throughout all academic disciplines."
- (Amended) The author holds that current models of humanities departments are too strictly tied to 19th century models, and the time has come to think about different configurations of humanities departments to facilitate research and teaching.
- The author offers strategies and solutions for coordinating the myriad aspects of international education at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder, culiminating in a call for a Vice Chancellor for International Policy and Programs.
- The authors demonstrate the International Affairs Program (IAFS) as a model for interdisciplinary teaching for the campus based on the dual appointment structure of faculty and other shared intellectual capital strategies.