Issues of General Concern to the Faculty
Developed by Committee of Eleven

This list of issues is developed by a variety of methods. These include surveys, focus groups, and visits to departments as well as suggestions to the committee and general higher education issues. Each year (generally in May) the Committee of Eleven summarizes some issues which seem particularly of interest for the next academic year's activities. That listing is below, as modified throughout the year by other important issues that arise.  Some recent issues include:

• Advising and mentoring
• Faculty grievance procedures
• Intellectual property
• Values of a university, value of a university, and values of a university education
• Ethical behavior for students and faculty
• Rewards structures, faculty evaluations, and tenure
• Meaning of a "student centered research university"
• Empowerment of community scholars
• Faculty compensation plans
• University policy making procedures
• Implications and role of distributed learning
• General education issues
• Undergraduate retention and graduation

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