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MIT Faculty Newsletter  
Vol. XXI No. 2
November / December 2008
contents
The State of the Institute?
A Call for Articles for Special Edition
Faculty Newsletter
The Renovation of 10-250: A Case Study
Worrying About Others: Notes on the Unfolding Financial Crisis
Please Vote!
A Perspective on the Future Energy Supply of the United States: The Urgent Need for Increased Nuclear Power
Can We Fix American Education During the Current Economic Crisis?
Open Access Publishing: The Future of Scholarly Journal Publishing
MIT Takes a Lead Role in Washington
Excerpts from Bosston
Requests for Proposals for Teaching and Education Enhancement
from the 2008 Classroom Survey
Printable Version

Please Vote!

Steven Leeb

During the fall of 2008, the Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP) reviewed the final report of the Educational Commons Subcommittee (ECS), a subcommittee of the CUP. This final report led to a formal motion made at the November 2008 Institute faculty meeting. This motion proposes a number of changes to the General Institute Requirements.

The General Institute Requirements (GIRs) are in many ways the central statement of vision, culture, and procedure that binds our diverse community together. The GIRs are the red carpet that greets the youngest and newest members of our community. Traditionally, the effort of bringing proposed changes in the GIRs to the faculty meeting floor has served as an affirmation of our community principles, and as a sentinel for the quality of what is arguably our single most important educational program.

Paragraph III of the motion, if adopted, would have the effect of transferring the responsibility of reviewing and approving changes to the Science and Mathematics GIRs away from the faculty as a whole, giving full authority to the CUP.

The last quarter century may not have seen a more important matter come to the faculty floor for a vote. Please do not let the December faculty meeting pass without your consideration and participation.

The full text of the motion can be found in Appendix E1, pages 28-30 of “Enclosure B” sent via email to all faculty members with the agenda for the November 19 faculty meeting. This enclosure can be found online at: http://web.mit.edu/dept/libdata/libdepts/d/archives/facmin/081119/081119.html.

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