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XXV No.
1 September/October 2012 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary about online education, a four-part editorial, and updates from the deans for both Undergraduate and Graduate Education.
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| Concerns Over Affordability of On-Campus Housing Graduate student leaders address continuing housing issues. |
| Comings and Goings Faculty Chair Sam Allen highlights occurences at the Institute since last spring that you may have missed. |
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Editorial The education, research training, and instructional experience of graduate students are at the core of research universities. The MIT graduate community, engaged . . . |
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The announcement of MITx and edX last spring set the Institute buzzing. Everywhere people were talking about how to do online education in their discipline and . . . |
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In this Newsletter last January, I speculated that we had stumbled in our effort to help education take advantage of digital technologies. OCW (OpenCourseWare) . . . |
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From the Faculty Chair
Welcome back from what I hope has been a restorative summer! This semester promises to be particularly interesting, as our new President and Provost begin . . . |
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Rent is the largest expense of graduate students, consuming over half of pretax income. Each year, the rising cost of rent is the largest factor in the graduate . . . |
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From the Dean for Undergraduate Education In spring 2011, the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education (DUE) began a review of our 2006 Strategic Plan. The primary goal was to lay out new and . . . |
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From the Dean for Graduate Education As I joined the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education (ODGE) in August 2010 and began to appreciate the extent and significance of its ongoing work, it was . . . |
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Faculty and staff appear to be quite satisfied in their role at MIT. More than 90% of survey respondents said they were somewhat or very satisfied being an MIT . . . |
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The faculty regulates examinations and assignments for all subjects.
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Among the most frequently received requests from alumni to the Alumni Association are for opportunities to hear presentations from MIT faculty. Knowing of the . . . |
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The MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program recognizes MIT faculty who have made exemplary and sustained contributions to the teaching and education of . . . |
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The Office of Faculty Support seeks preliminary proposals for faculty-led projects to enhance the educational experience of MIT undergraduates. Projects that . . . |
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Letters I want to thank you for continuing to send the Newsletter to me. I retired from the Department of Biological Sciences (which was dismantled long ago) at age 65, . . . |
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