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XXIV No.
2 November / December 2011 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary about "MIT 2030." We also offer "Improving Graduate Admissions Processes at MIT," and an In Memoriam tribute to long-time faculty member and dean Bob Silbey.
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| New Retirement Program for Faculty and Staff Hired On or After July 2, 2012 The Provost and the Executive Vice President/Treasurer explain the new retirement program. |
| The Future of Learning Management at MIT Evaluation of and recommendations regarding the Blackboard Learning Management System. |
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Editorial The administration and the MIT Investment Management Company have recently put forward an ambitious proposal – MIT 2030 – for the redevelopment of the . . . |
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On October 1, 2010, the MIT Corporation was presented with a perspective on MIT’s future planning and development, “MIT 2030.” The MIT 2030 proposal is . . . |
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From the Faculty Chair
MIT 2030 has gotten a lot of exposure in the past year. According to the MIT 2030 Homepage, “MIT 2030 is a long-range planning process designed to help MIT . . . |
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MIT 2030 represents a bold beginning for a comprehensive plan that anticipates the renovation of MIT’s aging facilities and produces a map of its future research . . . |
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In 1912, Francis Hart, the sixth treasurer of MIT, oversaw the purchase of 46 acres of land in Cambridge for the new campus. The purchase cost was $775,000 or . . . |
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The Institute-wide Planning Task Force was formed in 2009 to find creative ways to reduce overall expenses, as well as look for opportunities to make MIT even better. |
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In 2009, the MIT Council on Educational Technology (MITCET) charged the Faculty Committee on Learning Management Systems (LMS) to provide strategic guidance . . . |
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The graduate admissions process is central to maintaining the vitality and quality of our education and research enterprise. During the 2011 admissions cycle, MIT . . . |
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In March 2011, Dean for Undergraduate Education, Professor Daniel Hastings, and Dean for Student Life, Chris Colombo, charged the Review Committee on . . . |
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It is shameful that a small snowstorm in October can disrupt essential power and telephone services for hundreds of thousands of people for weeks. America is the . . . |
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In Memoriam October 27, 2011 was a very bad day. It was the day that Bob Silbey passed away. He left us much too soon. Some say that the best amongst us are always the first ones . . . |
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The Office of Faculty Support is requesting proposals for projects for the 2012-2013 academic year that improve the quality of teaching, enrich students’ learning . . . |
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Letters In his recent letter to the September/October 2011 Faculty Newsletter, Professor James H. Williams, Jr. worries that I have set up an opposition of diversity versus . . . |
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