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XXIV No.
4 March / April 2012 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary on the selection of the next President of MIT. Starting with our Editorial and continuing with pieces by Faculty Chair Sam Allen and others, many articles combine the dominant theme of the commentary with the ongoing presidential selection process.
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| MIT 2030: A Capital Planning Framework for the Future The MIT administration responds to faculty concerns about the planning and progress of MIT 2030. |
| MIT's Ongoing Commitment to OpenCourseWare With the recent announcement of MIT's next online teaching initiative, MITx, where does that leave the decade-old OpenCourseWare? |
| MIT: Rebuilding Community Former Institute Planning Director Bob Simha offers a unique idea for expanding graduate student housing while confronting the continuing issue of the dearth of real community at MIT. |
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Editorial The unexpected announcement in mid-February of Susan Hockfield’s decision to step down as MIT President is both a loss and an opportunity. Since she joined . . . |
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From the Faculty Chair
Like most of the MIT community, I learned by e-mail at about 9:00 am on February 16 that President Hockfield would step down. Two days earlier, I’d had a call from the . . . |
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The November/December 2011 issue of the Faculty Newsletter (FNL) featured a number of articles about MIT 2030. We appreciate having this opportunity to reflect . . . |
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When we first proposed MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) 11 years ago, we did so in part because we felt the time was not right for MIT to enter into the online education space. |
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In 2009 the MIT faculty passed the groundbreaking Open Access Policy making faculty papers freely available on the Web. It was decided at the time the . . . |
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As the Institute considers a change in its leadership, it would seem like a good time to consider the issues and opportunities that will confront the next generation of . . . |
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The result of America’s college addiction, driven largely by government and politicians’ encouragement and fostered by the development of a huge for-profit . . . |
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At the beginning of each semester, the chairs and staff of the Standing Committees of the Faculty meet to discuss key issues on their committees’ agendas. In particular . . . |
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MIT’s own Charm School was featured on “CBS Sunday Morning” on March 4 and the spotlight covered the usual sessions on table manners, first impressions and . . . |
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A little over a year ago, Information Services and Technology (IS&T) launched an initiative to make lynda.com’s popular catalog of online training courses freely . . . |
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As faculty members at MIT, most of us have had mentors at some point in our careers. Those individuals have surely been invaluable in our own development. |
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MIT Professional Education will be holding a workshop entitled “Leadership Skills for Engineering and Science Faculty” on June 18-19, 2012. |
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Letters Here we are with another major directive from the top down. Apart from whether or not this is a good idea, what has happened to the idea of open debate in a faculty . . . |
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